Supports Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Mar 6, 2012 17:21 GMT  ·  By

The following tutorial will teach Ubuntu users how to "unofficially" update their systems to the Mozilla Firefox 11.0 web browser.

Mozilla Firefox 11 has not yet been released, but it will bring features such as the ability to migrate history, bookmarks and cookies from Google Chrome, automatic synchronization of your add-ons, support for SPDY protocol to load webpages faster, support for CSS text-size-adjust property, support for outerHTML property on HTML elements, HTML5 parser used to view source syntax highlighting, added Style Editor to easily edit CSS, added Page Inspector 3D View to visualize webpages in 3D, HTML parsing support for XMLHttpRequest, and much more.

At the request of many of our readers, we've created the following tutorial to guide them with the installation of the upcoming Mozilla Firefox 11.0 web browser in the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating systems.

To install Mozilla Firefox 11.0 on your system follow the next step-by-step (with screenshots) tutorial.

Step 1 - Add the Firefox 11.0 repository

No matter what Ubuntu operating system you are running, open a terminal and paste the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next

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Enter your password when asked and hit the Enter key. Hit Enter again when asked.

Don't close the terminal window!

Step 2 - Install Firefox 11.0 on Ubuntu

Now paste the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y firefox

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Wait for the installation to finish and close the terminal window.

That's it! The new Mozilla Firefox 11.0 is now fully installed in your Ubuntu machine. You'll need to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.

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Firefox 11.0 on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
In time, your Mozilla Firefox web browser will automatically upgrade to newer versions, so make sure you update your system regularly.

If you have problems with the tutorial, do not hesitate to comment below!