Install firefox on linux
Mozilla Firefox 55 is now released and available to download and install so we will install firefox on linux.
Mozilla Firefox 55 is a fast, secure and easy to use web browser that offers many advantages over other web browsers. This award-winning, open source web browser is packed with advanced security features designed to help you stay safe, and in control, online. The optimized Firefox 55 lets you view Web pages way faster, using tabbed browsing, the ability to block pop-up windows and less of your computer’s memory. Also it allows you to synchronize your browsing across multiple devices. Access your bookmarks, history, passwords and more from any device to make Firefox your own wherever you use it. Mozila Firefox 55 has the biggest number of ways to customize your online experience specifically for the way you use the web.
Remove Existing Versions
We need to remove the existing version of firefox if you have installed it from rpm use following command
yum remove firefox -y
&
apt-get remove firefox -y
Download Firefox 55
Now we will Download mozilla firefox latest archive you can use this link for 32 bit and 64 bit to download or use following syntax to download source code firefox as per your architecture:
For 64 bit system
cd /opt/
wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/55.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-55.0.tar.bz2
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Extract Archive
After Downloading archive of firefox 55 according to your architecture now we need to extract archive on our system
tar xvjf firefox-55.0.tar.bz2
Install and Configure Firefox 55
We have extract firefox and it is pre complied only we need to do is create a soft link
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
You can check firefox version using the following command
firefox -V
You can start firefox executing following command
firefox &
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If there is any issue installing firefox on linux please feel free to comment below.
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