[Solved] Firefox 60.2

[supusr]

I find Debian unsurpassed for stability and package availability, so would like to continue using it. My only gripe is that the browser is not updated enough in the stable version. I don't need the latest and greatest of other packages, for the most part. Therefore, I would like to know how to use the newest Firefox in stable, and be assured that all dependencies are also installed. Ideally, I would like to remove ESR. Is there an easy way to do this, or any drawbacks?
Thanks, in advance.

[Wheelerof4te]

There is a fairly easy way:
https://wiki.debian.org/Firefox#Firefox ... nd_Nightly
First hit on Google using "debian firefox" query.
Don't remove Firefox ESR, as a lot of core packages depend on it.

[supusr]

Thanks. Part of your response is:

Using snap

Mozilla provides an official Snap package for Firefox:

sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install firefox
snap run firefox

If I opt for this (easiest) method, will the new Firefox snap update when I do a regular sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade?
Thanks very much for the response.

[Wheelerof4te]

No, you must upgrade it with:

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snap refresh

Snaps are upgraded separately from the rest of the system, just like flatpaks.

[supusr]

Thanks. I will try this.

[Bulkley]

Re Firefox updates:

As I have stated elsewhere, I have Firefox Quantum running entirely in my user space. It checks for and does updates when opened. I down-loaded the tarball at version 57.0. It's now up to 60.0.1.