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Downgrading Firefox 3 to firefox 2
Ok I hope this is the right forum to post, if not please move 'cos I'm noob 
Yesterday I updated my ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04, and in the updates was firefox 3 beta 5, and it have been crashing alot since yesterday, how can I downgrade it to firefox 2?
Thnks in advance =)
Yesterday I updated my ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04, and in the updates was firefox 3 beta 5, and it have been crashing alot since yesterday, how can I downgrade it to firefox 2?
Thnks in advance =)
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Re: Downgrading Firefox 3 to firefox 2
To "downgrade" Firefox 3 Beta 5 to Firefox 2 in Hardy:
1. First make a list of any extensions you've installed in FF3 that you want in FF2. Simply uninstalling FF3 and installing FF2 on top of the same Firefox profile will break your extensions. You also should back up your saved sessions and anything else you want to save. Your bookmarks can be backed up to your home folder with this command:
2. To uninstall FF3, wipe your profile, and install FF2, run these commands in the terminal:
1. First make a list of any extensions you've installed in FF3 that you want in FF2. Simply uninstalling FF3 and installing FF2 on top of the same Firefox profile will break your extensions. You also should back up your saved sessions and anything else you want to save. Your bookmarks can be backed up to your home folder with this command:
Code:
cp ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/bookmarks.html ~
Code:
sudo apt-get purge firefox-3.0 rm -r ~/.mozilla/firefox sudo apt-get install firefox-2
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Re: Downgrading Firefox 3 to firefox 2You can go to Synaptic. Search for firefox and mark it for complete removal and then reinstall it again Or download the linux version of firefox 2 from mozilla.org and install it separately.
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Re: Downgrading Firefox 3 to firefox 2
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Originally Posted by Batatolol 
Ok I hope this is the right forum to post, if not please move 'cos I'm noob
Yesterday I updated my ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04, and in the updates was firefox 3 beta 5, and it have been crashing alot since yesterday, how can I downgrade it to firefox 2?
Thnks in advance =)
Yesterday I updated my ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04, and in the updates was firefox 3 beta 5, and it have been crashing alot since yesterday, how can I downgrade it to firefox 2?
Thnks in advance =)
Code:
sudo apt-get install epiphany
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Re: Downgrading Firefox 3 to firefox 2
Go into synaptic package manager, search for firefox.
Click on firefox 3 and choose "mark for removal", Click firefox 2 and mark for installation.
I hope this helps.
Click on firefox 3 and choose "mark for removal", Click firefox 2 and mark for installation.
I hope this helps.
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Re: Downgrading Firefox 3 to firefox 2
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Originally Posted by hackle577
In terminal:
Code:
sudo apt-get purge firefox sudo rm -r ~/.mozilla sudo apt-get install firefox-2
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Re: Downgrading Firefox 3 to firefox 2
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Originally Posted by hackle577
In terminal:
Code:
sudo apt-get purge firefox sudo rm -r ~/.mozilla sudo apt-get install firefox-2
The above code cleared it all up for me, thanks!
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Re: Downgrading Firefox 3 to firefox 2
Thank you for the info 
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Re: Downgrading Firefox 3 to firefox 2
I had the same problem and just removing version 3 and installing 2 left a mess. You do have to totally remove your profile folder the .mozilla file too.
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Re: Downgrading Firefox 3 to firefox 2
Same problem, firefox 3 seems still buggy:
apt-get install firefox-2
rm /usr/bin/firefox
ln -s /usr/bin/firefox-2 /usr/bin/firefox
apt-get install firefox-2
rm /usr/bin/firefox
ln -s /usr/bin/firefox-2 /usr/bin/firefox
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