How to update and install the latest Firefox in Linux terminal Ubuntu. Linux users can install Firefox on popular Linux distros via package manager or install Firefox via direct download from Mozilla.
NOTE: To install Firefox with this method, you must execute all the commands as root user.
- Go to the Firefox download page, and click Download for Linux 32-bit or Download for Linux 64-bit.
- Open a terminal, and go to the folder where your download has been saved. For example:
cd ~/DownloadsExtract the contents of the downloaded file by typing:tar xjf firefox-*.tar.bz2 - Move the uncompressed Firefox folder to /opt:
mv firefox /opt - Create a symlink to the Firefox executable:
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox - Download a copy of the desktop file:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla/sumo-kb/main/install-firefox-linux/firefox.desktop -P /usr/local/share/applications
Once installed, the Firefox is now ready to be used. You can run it directly from the terminal: ~/firefox/firefox &
You can also create a desktop shortcut, or:
- Right-click on the desktop, and choose Create launcher from the context menu.
- You can also type this on the terminal:
ln -s ~/firefox/firefox ~/Desktop/ - An icon for the desktop shortcut will be found in
~/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/
NOTE: Once you install the Firefox using the above commands, you will still have the older Firefox (installed previously) in yous system.
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Make a note that to run the version installed with your package manager, you will need to execute the binary from a terminal. To do so open a terminal and type “/usr/bin/firefox”. (see above).