my firefox 3.5 keeps going back to 3.0

[blake7]

it keeps reverting back to 3.0 why and how can i stop it thank you

[Lampi]

I don't think it reverts, you might need to change the link /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - it points to firefox 3 if you don't change it:

sudo rm -vi /usr/bin/firefox
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 /usr/bin/firefox

[wojox]

How are you launching it?

[blake7]

I don't think it reverts, you might need to change the link /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - it points to firefox 3 if you don't change it.
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errrr how do i change it??????
thank you

[blake7]

does it matter where 3.5 is located
will that still work???

[blake7]

can do i get 3.5 to start from my desttop????
i down loaded the file to my home file

thank you

[3rdalbum]

can do i get 3.5 to start from my desttop????
i down loaded the file to my home file

thank you

There's no need to do that; Firefox 3.5 is in the repositories. On Linux we use the software repositories wherever possible, rather than downloading programs off websites.

[exsapientiasalus]

You can install Firefox 3.5 from the command line (sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5) or from Synaptic. Just know that Firefox 3.0 can be removed, but considering it was added to the repos after Jaunty's launch, plugins such as sun-java6-plugin or gecko-mediaplayer can't be installed without dragging back Firefox 3.0. No problem really, just know that firefox (firefox-3.0) and firefox-3.5 will both exist in /usr/bin/. That being said, you'll need to launch Firefox 3.5 with the command Firefox-3.5. You can either make a custom launcher for the menu, use alt-f2, and so forth, but know that firefox will launch 3.0.

Someone else recommended deleting (or you could backup and rename) /usr/bin/firefox and then making a link named firefox that points to firefox-3.5, but each time a new Firefox 3.0 upgrade occurs, it will either overwrite your link. That's what I did, just be aware of the fact that it overwrites. I installed wajig and placed a hold on firefox so it won't upgrade, that way my link won't be overwritten. That's an idea to consider -- sudo apt-get install wajig && sudo wajig hold firefox-3.0.

[blake7]

what the hell is it so complex

[CatKiller]

what the hell is it so complex

It isn't.

sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5

Piece of ****.

You're making it far harder for yourself than you have to by insisting on installing things the Windows way.