Friday, September 28, 2012

How-to Install Firefox Nighlty 23 Browser on Linux Zorin 6 Gnome 32bit Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show How-to Install Firefox 23 Nightly Browser for Linux Zorin 6 Gnome 32bit Desktop.

 

The Firefox Nightly Version can Coexist with the Others Firefox Versions without Troubles, this Mean that Once Fired Up it Will Just Load the Default Firefox Environment.

 

More than this Once Installed it Will Plug-In the Firefox Nightly Channel and Like Every Other Firefox Version in the Future will Follow to be Automatically Updated to the Newest Firefox Nightly Release. So it is Not a Wasting Time because You Install It Once and Keep Forever Freshly Updated :)

 

Inside the Instructions you will Find also a Link to How-to Create a Launcher for Firefox Browser on Zorin Gnome Desktop.


Firefox Nightly & Zorin
  1. Download Latest Firefox Nightly for Linux:

    Firefox 23 i686 tar.bz2
  2. Double-Click on the Archive
    Zorin 6 Open Firefox Archive
  3. Extract into /tmp Directory
    Zorin 6 Extract Firefox Archive
  4. Open a Terminal Window

    GnoMenu >> Accessories >> Terminal

    Zorin 6 Open Terminal

  5. Relocate Firefox Nightly

    Login as SuperUser

    sudo su

    Make a Firefox Directory

    mkdir /opt/firefox
    Move Firefox Into firefox-Nightly so to Prepare for a Possible Firefox Multi-Version Coexistence
    mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox/firefox-nightly

    Make a Symlink for Easy-Starting

    ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox-nightly/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-nightly
    Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with
    firefox-nightly
  6. Create an Firefox Launcher for Easy&Quick Starting

    Zorin How GnoMenu Launcher
    Firefox Nightly Zorin Custom Launcher
  7. How-to Install Evernote on Linux Zorin:

    Installing Evernote for Zorin
About Firefox Nightly