How to Install Firefox 8 in Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10

The following tutorial will teach Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) users how to install the newly released Mozilla Firefox 8 web browser. At the request of many of our readers, we've created the following tutorial to guide them with the installation of the popular Mozilla Firefox 8 web browser in the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) and Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) operating systems. Official 64-bit and 32-bit Mozilla Firefox 8.0 packages are now available for the following Ubuntu distributions: · Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) · Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) To install Mozilla Firefox 8 on your system follow the next step-by-step tutorial.

 
Step 1 - Add the Firefox 8 repository

No matter what operating system you are running (Ubuntu 10.10 or Ubuntu 10.04 LTS), hit the ALT+F2(Type in terminal) key combination on your keyboard, check the "Run in terminal" option and paste the following command in the "Run Application" dialog:

gksu add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable

Enter your password when asked and hit the OK button. A terminal window will appear for a few seconds, and it will automatically close. Hit the ALT+F2 key combination again, check the "Run in terminal" option and paste the following command in the "Run Application" dialog:

gksu apt-get update

Step 2 - Install Firefox 8 Hit the ALT+F2 key combination on your keyboard, check the "Run in terminal" option and paste the following command in the "Run Application" dialog: sudo apt-get install firefox see more here