Re: Ubuntu - How to update programs?

On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 11:31 -0700, Ric Fischer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> So, Ubuntu installed very well, so far as I can see. But, it
> pre-installed Firefox 0.9.3. Now, I know I could brute-force a Firefox
> update (download tarball, compile, and make), but I don't know if
> that's the Ubuntu-Debianish "right way".
>
> So, what steps do I take to get Firefox updated to 1.0 that's friendly
> to Ubuntu?

Well, you could use the Ubuntu backports collection at
http://ubuntu-bp.sourceforge.net/ or you could just stick with the
default install of FF 0.9.3. Most people go ahead and migrate up to FF
1.0, though. =o)

YMMV

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