Install Firefox 8.x and Thunderbird 8.x to Slackware 13.37

Install Firefox 8.x and Thunderbird 8.x to Slackware 13.37


Assuming your slackware installation is the full slackware stock install, there would be firefox and thunderbird versions included but really old ones, remove them with the removepkg command first.

pick the proper package version for your system
wget ftp://63.245.208.138/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/8.0/linux-i686/it/firefox-8.0.tar.bz2
wget ftp://63.245.208.138/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/8.0/linux-x86_64/it/firefox-8.0.tar.bz2
or head over to firefox and thunderbird website and download the latest stable version 8 bz2 binary packages for linux
tar xvjf firefox-8.0.tar.bz2
sudo cp -r firefox/ /opt/firefox
sudo rm firefox-8.0.tar.bz2
sudo rm -r firefox/
sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-old
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
killall firefox-bin
Now we start our Firefox and have the new version 8.0

If we want to restore the default version simply type in terminal
sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox-old /usr/bin/firefox
sudo rm -r /opt/firefox

For thunderbird the procedure is the same:

pick the proper package version for your system

wget ftp://63.245.208.138/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/8.0/linux-i686/it/firefox-8.0.tar.bz2
wget ftp://63.245.208.138/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/8.0/linux-x86_64/it/firefox-8.0.tar.bz2
or head over to firefox and thunderbird website and download the latest stable version 8 bz2 binary packages for linux

issue the commands below:

tar xvjf thunderbird-8.0.tar.bz2
sudo cp -r thunderbird/ /opt/thunderbird

sudo rm thunderbird-8.0.tar.bz2
sudo rm -r thunderbird/
now made the connection with our Menu to do this type:
sudo mv /usr/bin/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird-old
sudo ln -s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird
Now we start our Firefox and have the new version 8.0

even if you start the default version we type in terminal
killall thunderbird-bin
If we want to restore the default version simply type in terminal
sudo mv /usr/bin/thunderbird-old /usr/bin/thunderbird
sudo rm -r /opt/thunderbird

after that your firefox and thunderbird will be version 8.x when you click the icons or start by termina.

(tested working on Slackware13.37 x86_64 GNU Linux)

Note1: It is possible to use other versions for this, just edit the links/urls/commands to accomodate the proper version, for lower or higher available binary packages from Mozilla.org corresponing project urls for firefox and thunderbird website.

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