In this Tutorial I will show you how to install Firefox 46.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS /14.04 / 12.04 LTS, LinuxMint 17 / 16 / 15 , Fedora , ...
In this Tutorial I will show you how to install Firefox 46.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS /14.04 / 12.04 LTS, LinuxMint 17 / 16 / 15 , Fedora , CentOS 6.X / 7.x , OpenMandriva & OpenSUSE
Firefox a most commonly used browsers by everyone and one of the standard browsers too.It is an opensource browser and it is developed by mozilla corporation and mozilla Foundation and available for Multiple Operating systems (ie) Windows,Linux,Mac OSX.
and it comes with its private mode and powerful plugins
Firefox Released its new stable Version 46.0 on April 26th 2016
Changelog in Firefox 46.0
New- Improved security of the JavaScript Just In Time (JIT) Compiler
- Use Content Decryption Module as a fallback to decode unencrypted H.264 and AAC media where available
- GTK3 integration (GNU/Linux only)
- WebRTC fixes to improve performance and stability
- Display dominator trees in Memory tool
- Allocation and garbage collection pause profiling in the performance panel
- Launch responsive mode from the Style Editor @media sidebar
- Added HKDF support for Web Crypto API
- Added support for document.elementsFromPoint
Installation Steps
Method 1 (For Debian based systems) Via PPA
Best and easy way is to upgrade firefox by updating the Repository, it will automatically upgraded to new versionsudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Method 2 : Via tar file
Step 1:Download The Latest Version of Firefox 46 from their FTP using wgethttps://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/46.0/
For 32 bit systems
wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/46.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-46.0.tar.bz2For 64 bit systems
wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/46.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-46.0.tar.bz2Step 2: Extract the tar package
tar -xjf firefox-46.0.tar.bz2Step 3: Move the Firefox 46 folder to opt
Remove the Older version of firefox if it's there
sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox
sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox46Step 4: Create Symbolic link for New Firefox as default
sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefoxold
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox46/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
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