1. Download
www.mozilla.com/firefox/channels/
2. Extract
cd ~/Downloads/
tar xjf firefox-8.0.tar.bz2
sudo rm -r /opt/firefox
sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox8
4. Set up symbolic links
sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-oldsudo ln -s /opt/firefox8/firefox /usr/bin/firefox