[nylug-talk] Ubuntu Edgy Firefox update

[George Bourozikas]

On Friday 22 December 2006 13:17, anthonyriga wrote:
> Im new user of Ubuntu but still run Fed 5 too. I want
> to update Firefox to get latest security fixes but
> noticed that after running sudo firerox as root the
> check for updates are disabled . Normally in Fed I run
> as root and then do the updates but Ubuntu does not
> allow this.
>
> How do you do the updates for firefox with out having
> to reload and save profiles etc? Not in mood to
> rebuild FF evertime there is an update... Suggestions?

Assuming your /etc/apt/sources.list is correct (it should be after a 
standard installation) all you need to do is:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade 

or, possibly

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This will take care of all upgraded packages, not just firefox.

--george