rolling Firefox back to 2.x

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/8/30 Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk>:
> Nik N wrote:
>> In a moment of inattention, I have allowed automatic system update to
>> "upgrade" Firefox on my Ubuntu 8.04 to 3.xx. Like many others, I find
>> it necessary to roll it back to the last 2.xx available for Ubuntu.
>>
>> What is the proper procedure to do that (and to prevent any future
>> attempts of the system to "upgrade" Firefox?)
>
> sudo aptitude install firefox-2
> sudo aptitude remove firefox-3.0
>
> should do it!
>

The bookmarks, passwords, extensions, etc are not compatible. Export
your bookmarks, use Password exporter to export your passwords. Use a
fresh profile and install all your extensions anew. Then import your
bookmarks and passwords.

Why are you going back to Firefox 2? Almost all the issues (awesomebar
issues mostly) have been addressed, and Firefox 2 support will end in
a few months. Better to mention what problems you have with Firefox 3
and let us help fix them.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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