How to : Install Firefox 6.0 on Ubuntu

Firefox 6.0 has been released by Mozilla today . Minor bug fix has been done in this version .  Firefox 7 beta will be released on September end .

What’s New in Firefox 6.0 ??

• The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you’re visiting
• Streamlined the look of the site identity block
• Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API
• Added support for EventSource / server-sent events
• Added support for window.matchMedia
• Added Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment.
• Added a new Web Developer menu item and moved development-related items into it.
• Improved usability of the Web Console.
• Improved the discoverability of Firefox Sync.
• Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama.
• Fixed several stability issues
• Fixed several security issues

How to Install ?

Open the terminal and run the following commands:

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

To localize , run the following command :

sudo apt-get install firefox-locale-$code

Note : Give your language code for $code