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When installing from repo it will directly upgrade to a new firefox.
If you want to install firefox directly, do this:

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install firefox

A new firefox will get installed whether or not you have an older one installed or not.

pam wrote:When installing from repo it will directly upgrade to a new firefox.
If you want to install firefox directly, do this:

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install firefox

A new firefox will get installed whether or not you have an older one installed or not.

thats where i'm running into problems. here is what i get when running the following commands

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corey@corey-NF66:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for corey:
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Get:1 http://packages.medibuntu.org precise InRelease                         
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg                                   
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease                             
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease                     
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease                   
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release                                       
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg                           
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]         
Get:3 http://packages.medibuntu.org precise Release.gpg                       
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease                     
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease                                 
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease                                 
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease                                 
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]       
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release                               
Hit http://packages.mate-desktop.org precise InRelease                         
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages                           
Get:5 http://packages.medibuntu.org precise Release                           
Get:6 http://ftp.heanet.ie precise-getdeb InRelease [8,139 B]                 
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org precise Release                             
E: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2
corey@corey-NF66:~$ sudo apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  firefox-globalmenu
Suggested packages:
  ttf-lyx
The following packages will be upgraded:
  firefox firefox-globalmenu
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 538 not upgraded.
Need to get 28.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 9,018 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  firefox-globalmenu firefox
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main firefox-globalmenu amd64 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.14 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main firefox-globalmenu amd64 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main firefox amd64 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-globalmenu_24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
corey@corey-NF66:~$


the last line states to mayby try with

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--fix missing

so would it be proper to type

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apt-get update --fix missing

EDIT: so I tried a few commands with no luck

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?
corey@corey-NF66:~$
corey@corey-NF66:~$ sudo apt-get update --fix missing
E: Command line option --fix is not understood
corey@corey-NF66:~$ sudo apt-get update -- fix missing
E: The update command takes no arguments
corey@corey-NF66:~$ --fix missing
--fix: command not found
corey@corey-NF66:~$ -- fix missing
--: command not found


so I must ask. since this distro is no longer supported could this be why i'm running into these problems?

try like this:

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sudo apt-get --fix-missing

Then install firefox.
That should work. Ultimate Edition 3.5/3.4 is based on LTS so it is still officially supported.

pam wrote:try like this:

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sudo apt-get --fix-missing

Then install firefox.
That should work. Ultimate Edition 3.5/3.4 is based on LTS so it is still officially supported.

here's what i get

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corey@corey-NF66:~$ sudo apt-get --fix missing
[sudo] password for corey:
E: Command line option --fix is not understood


you missed out the hyphen in the middle between fix and missing.

its : sudo apt-get --fix-missing

pam wrote:you missed out the hyphen in the middle between fix and missing.

its : sudo apt-get --fix-missing

I'm an Idiot!