[nflug] firefox 1.5.0.1 update

[Cyber Source]

Cyber Source wrote:
> Jesse Jarzynka wrote:
>> John Seth wrote:
>>> Linux distributions have their own time table to release updates.  
>>> Thus, the only way to get a "bleeding edge" update released directly 
>>> from to software creator, is to remove your existing installation, 
>>> and compile it yourself.  Typically, distribution maintainers, such 
>>> as Gentoo, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc. will wait to make sure that it has 
>>> been tested for useability, stability, security and that nothing 
>>> breaks before offering it as an update to their users.
>>>
>>> ~ Tony
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>>
>> Well Firefox also has it's own updater now, Help - Check for Updates. 
>> I just did it last night.
>>
> Depending on your install, you may need to run firefox as root. My 
> "check for updates" option was grayed out. I ran it as root, clicked 
> the "check for updates" option, it did a very quick update, said to 
> restart, I did. Then I looked at the about, it hadn't changed and the 
> update was still running, I clicked the "check for updates" (still 
> running as root), and it said that the partial update failed so it was 
> downloading a complete update, I clicked next, it finished, all good, 
> firefox 1.5.0.1.
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Incidentally, I did the same procedure for thunderbird.
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