Firefox 89 was released on June 1 st, 2021.Both Ubuntu and Linux Mint made the new release available on November 18, only one days after the official release.
Firefox 83 was released by Mozilla on November 17, 2020.Here are a few examples of how many days Ubuntu and Linux Mint need to push the update: Ubuntu updates its repositories to the newest Firefox version only a few days after the official release – so does Linux Mint. Official Ubuntu / Linux Mint updates for Firefox (automatic) Note: you can use only one of these channels (Beta or Daily) at the same time! 3. Sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade Sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next Simply run these two commands in a terminal: The “ Official PPA for Firefox Beta” (firefox-next) will replace your current Firefox installation with the current available version in Mozillas Beta channel. → Avoid this ppa unless you know exactly what you’re doing! 2. These testing versions are not meant to be stable or usable. Using this ppa will not only install the latest Firefox 107 daily build, once called “minefield” – updated daily! It will also update your current Firefox and Thunderbird to test versions. Many howtos on this subject will tell you to install Firefox pre-versions through Mozilla’s ppa ubuntu-mozilla-daily. Be careful with the “ubuntu-mozilla-daily” ppa! Firefox PPAs, Beta, Updates, other distributions 1. Now move the Firefox directory (which was created in your Downloads folder during extraction) to /opt:ĭepending on your usage pattern, follow the instructions for case 1 OR for case 2.Ĭase 1: you want to use Firefox 105 as your default browser:ī. On the contrary, if you already had a previous Firefox version installed in the /opt directory, remove it with the following command: If you want more info about why /opt is the right place to install programs on Linux, check out these two links: The firefox-105.0.tar.bz2 archive can now be deleted.Įxternal programs like LibreOffice, Google Chrome, Skype, Zoom, … are all installed in the /opt directory.
Look for a file named firefox-105.0.tar.bz2, right-click on it and select “ extract here”.Īlternatively, you can extract the archive from the command line:įor those interested, here are the tar arguments used in the command:į : read from a file (rather than a tape device) To extract this juicy archive, open the Downloads directory. In case you want to learn more on these extensions: tar, bzip2. This how-to supposes that the downloaded file is saved in the “Downloads” directory located in your home directory. Download Firefox from the official Mozilla Firefox page:ĭownload alternative versions (beta, developer edition, nightly) from the official channels page:Ī 64 bit build is available in the linux-x86_64 directory of Mozilla’s FTP.
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