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I checked with Synaptic Package Manager and the latest is 36.0.1+.....

37 was released in March.

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    14.10 repos already have v37 (packages.ubuntu.com/…) - have you got firefox pinned in synaptic to v36? Any package errors ? (run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade)
    – fossfreedom ♦
    Apr 13, 2015 at 22:37
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    Did you run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade ?
    – xangua
    Apr 13, 2015 at 22:38
  • Yes, I regularly update my six Linux systems. For ubuntu use sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and tried sudo apt-get upgrade... .. .
    – keepitsimpleengineer
    Apr 14, 2015 at 20:43

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If you run in a terminal

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

this may install the newest version 37 of FireFox if the upgrade was hold back/could not have been installed because it has different dependencies in comparison to version 36.

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  • Actually this doesn't install Firefox
    – Lucio
    Apr 14, 2015 at 0:32
  • @Lucio It does not install FireFox, but it might do the upgrade from 36 to 37!
    – ByteBOT
    Apr 14, 2015 at 0:33
  • Don't you need to do apt-get upgrade to do so?
    – Lucio
    Apr 14, 2015 at 0:34
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    @Lucio apt-get distupgrade includes upgrade, but is also capable of intelligently handling changing dependencies (another lib has to be installed or one gets removed for example). The normal upgrade just holds the update back in this case.
    – ByteBOT
    Apr 14, 2015 at 0:39
  • This is my regular way of upgrading ubuntu... .. .
    – keepitsimpleengineer
    Apr 14, 2015 at 20:44
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You can see from the full publishing history for Firefox in Ubuntu that v37 has been available in every supported version of Ubuntu in the hours following 2015-04-07 09:31:51 UTC.

In supported versions of Ubuntu (Precise, Trusty and Utopic) it's sitting in both the updates and security repos. In Vivid (which is still just about in development, it's just in the main repo.

You either...

  • ... have a stale package list (sudo apt-get update or click Update in your package manager)
  • ... are subscribed to a [seriously] stale mirror of the updates/security repos. Switch to another using the Software Sources dialogue.
  • ... aren't using a supported version of Ubuntu (Precise, Trusty, Utopic or Vivid). Upgrade.
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It is available for Ubuntu 14.10:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1

Do you have the security or updates sources enabled in the "Software & Updates" preference app (look in Updates tab)?

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Click the reload button in the upper left hand corner to update your listing in Synaptic Package Manager:

SynapticPackageManager

If all else fails, try changing your server in software sources: Open Software & Updates, choose Download From as shown:

S&U

And choose Other and then choose a server near you shown as close to being being up to date as possible in this listing

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