Re: Re: Firefox Install

From: Andrea Vettorello (andrea.vettorello_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/30/04

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    On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:48:14 -0400, Carlos Taylor <ctaylor@nps.k12.va.us> wrote:
    > How do I know what backports that I need? I went to apt-get.org and
    > typed in firefox. I got some hits, but I did not see the version of
    > Firefox that I downloaded (firefox-1). Will they work anyway? Does it
    > matter that I have Firefox-1? Also, how do I install the backports?
    >

    Backports are packages from testing/unstable compiled for stable.
    Right now, the latest unstable Firefox version is 0.9.3, so probably
    you will not found 1.0PR, but the packages there should work without
    hassle.

    Andrea 

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