[kwlug-disc] Firefox 57?

[Ron Singh]

BTW, thanks for this script Khalid(way beyond my skill set or
comprehension(for now)), I will give it a shot on my play Linux laptop.

I have FF ESR setup as just a link  on my desktop to the executable, but
would prefer a much more elegant and forward-looking as your script.
Shazbot! I have ton to learn!

Why I am still sticking with FF ESR? I can continue to use my absolutely
fav add-ons until at least mid-2018. I'll take it.

Thanks,

Ron Singh
"in transit, via mobile comm device"

On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> An update for those who want to wait before upgrading to
> Firefox 57.
>
> Staying on the ESR will buy you time, until the extensions
> crucial to your day to day activities have been ported to
> to 57.
>
> Here is a simple script that will install the latest ESR on your
> Linux 64 bit system.
>
> Make sure that you purge the existing Firefox 56 or 57 from
> your system before running it.
>
> Also, it can be used to upgrade the ESR when security updates
> are applied to it. Mozilla have made the URL portable and points
> to the latest version of the ESR.
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> FF_ARC="/tmp/ff.tar.bz2"
> TARGET_DIR="/opt"
> # This is the permanent location for Firefox ESR. It is for the 64bit
> version.
> # If you use the 32bit version, change "os=linux64" below to "os=linux"
> FF_ESR="https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-
> esr-latest&os=linux64&lang=en-US"
>
> wget -O $FF_ARC $FF_ESR
>
> rm -rf $TARGET_DIR/firefox
>
> sudo tar -xvjf $FF_ARC -C /opt
>
> echo "Create a menu entry for '/opt/firefox/firefox' if this is the
> first time you install ESR"
>
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