In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Firefox 71.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 / 16.04 LTS , LinuxMint , Fedora and CentOS 8.X / 7.x. ...
Firefox 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 71.0 on DEC 3,2019
What's New in Firefox 71.0?
New:
- Firefox now recognizes subdomains and will autofill domain logins from Lockwise
- Integrated breach alerts from Firefox Monitor are now available to users with screen readers
- Notifications when Firefox blocks cryptominers
- A running tally of blocked trackers in the protection panel accessed by clicking the address bar shield
- Native MP3 decoding on Windows, Linux, and macOS
Fixed
- Various security fixes
Changed
- Configuration page (about:config) reimplemented in HTML
So how to install Firefox 71 on Ubuntu / LinuxMint / CentOS?
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 version if the ppa is updatedssudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Method 2 : Via tar file -- applicable for all distributions
Step 1:Download The Latest Version of Firefox 70 from their FTP using wgetFor 32 bit systems
wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/71.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-71.0.tar.bz2For 64 bit systems
wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/71.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-71.0.tar.bz2Step 2: Extract the tar package
tar -xjf firefox-71.0.tar.bz2Step 3: Move the Firefox folder to opt
Remove the Older version of firefox if it's there
sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox70
sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox71Step 4: Create Symbolic link for New Firefox as default
sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefoxold
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox70/firefox-bin /usr/bin/firefox
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