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Test Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 Without Changing Your Existing Installation

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 27, 2008

[ Thanks to Chris7mas for this link.
]

“Debian Lenny comes with Iceweasel 3.0.3, which is
actually Firefox with a changed name and a few minor changes. If
you have Iceweasel 3.0.3 installed but want to test this new beta
without changing anything to your system, just follow the steps
below.

Download Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 Get the Firefox .tar.bz2 archive
from here, then uncompress it using:

tar -xjf firefox-3.1b1.tar.bz2

Next, move the firefox directory wherever you want it, for
example in your home directory, or in ~/apps etc.”


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Web Webster

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