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replace firefox esr with firefox 59

#1 Post by smily01 »

Hello,

I'm new to Debian. Because of certain addons (keepassxc-browser) I would like to use firefox 59.02. In Firefox 52 I can't use this addon. Now my question is: How can I replace Firefox esr with Firefox 59.02. What I already tried is https://blog.sombex.com/2018/01/install ... repos.html. I cannot download the addon because it says that I'm using Firefox esr. How can I solve this problem?>

I thank you for your response!

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#2 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

What a ridiculous "guide" :roll:

Just unpack the tarball in your home folder and run it from there, no need to use `sudo` at all ;)
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#3 Post by GarryRicketson »

I was about to say the same thing, but you beat me to it, I wouldn't use that
blog, that is for sure.

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#4 Post by Bulkley »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:What a ridiculous "guide" :roll:
Agreed.

Check this thread.

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#5 Post by stevepusser »

Well, it would be fine if you just replace /opt/firefox with ~/firefox in all the commands, so it's just half-baked.
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#6 Post by HuangLao »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
What a ridiculous "guide" :roll:

Just unpack the tarball in your home folder and run it from there, no need to use `sudo` at all ;)

you need sudo to infect/cleanse/rampage through the system. :twisted:

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#7 Post by HuangLao »

stevepusser wrote:Well, it would be fine if you just replace /opt/firefox with ~/firefox in all the commands, so it's just half-baked.

where is the fun in being half baked? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjIWLOBTasA

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#8 Post by None1975 »

Man, don't blindly follow bad advice! There's a lot of bad advice on the Internet. Tutorials found on blogs, forums and other sites often include instructions that will break your system in subtle ways. Don't simply follow the first advice you find, or the tutorial that seems the easiest. Spend some time reading the documentation and compare the difference between tutorials. It's better to take the time to figure out the correct way to do something first than spending even more time fixing a broken system later. You would not let some random stranger feed your baby; do not execute commands without first understanding what they do. And yes, DontBreakDebian!
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#9 Post by smily01 »

Hi!,

Thank you for your answers! The advice this blog gave me , was also mentioned on other blogs.

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#10 Post by stevepusser »

There's lots of blogs that say lots of very stupid things, like the Food Babe's, Goop, flat-earthers, or antivaxxer's. Volume does not equal correctness.
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#11 Post by HuangLao »

smily01 wrote:Hi!,

Thank you for your answers! The advice this blog gave me , was also mentioned on other blogs.
So...why exactly are you asking this question? Seems you found your confirmation, so proceed down your chosen path at your risk, just know those blogs probably will not offer any support for leaving your system with a 7 year itch.

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#12 Post by jibberjabber »

From the above mentioned "blog"
First of all open a terminal and change your current directory to desktop by typing 'Desktop' without quote on terminal.Now download the package,
Does Debian not use the "cd" command, any more ? just typing the name of directory in the terminal doe not work for me ? :mrgreen:

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#13 Post by Bulkley »

jibberjabber wrote: Does Debian not use the "cd" command, any more ? just typing the name of directory in the terminal doe not work for me ? :mrgreen:

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$ Desktop   
ksh: Desktop: cannot execute - Is a directory
 
This works for me.

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#14 Post by jibberjabber »

Thanks, but the blog says:
"change your current directory to desktop by typing 'Desktop' without quote on terminal"
Same for me , this works:

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$ cd Desktop
$ pwd
/home/papaparrot/Desktop
$ 
 
This:
Just unpack the tarball in your home folder and run it from there, no need to use `sudo` at all
worked fine for me, I don't have "sudo", and had no problem.
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by HuangLao »---snip--you need sudo to infect/cleanse/rampage through the system.
But, why would any one want to do that to their system ? I don't think I will install that.
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