re: Mozilla released 1.0.4 firefox, and ubuntu backported fixes to 1.0.2.

[Canukhed]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Mozilla released 1.0.4 firefox, and ubuntu backported fixes to 1.0.2. But,
> mozilla doesn't allow instaling extensions from their site on firefox <1.0.4.
> Since ubuntu's mozilla has 1.0.3 and 1.0.4 fixes, it acctually, is 1.0.4
> firefox. But, version string in programs says 1.0.2.
>
> This is very, hm...., stoopid (?!) situation couse Ubuntu's firefox IS 1.0.4,
> but reports as 1.0.2. But, if version strings remains 1.0.2, users will not be
> able to download/install any exntesions.

To get the proper version of Firefox installed (for Ubuntu), I copied all of the
extracted firefox update files (from firefox-1.0.6.installer.tar.gz) to the
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox folder. Executed firefox-installer-bin, allowed the
installer to delete all of the install files (which emptied
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox folder, which I could of done myself if I knew the
installer would do that). I re-copied the extracted files back to the same
folder and installed firefox 1.0.6. Now, I have not problems reaching the
extensions page, and firefox displays 1.0.6 properly in the about: window.
Firefox also reports the proper version as 1.0.6.

[Corey Burger (corey.burger)]

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 16974.