Manuell updater for Firefox (57) in debian parallel to the (old) firefox package.
- At best the debian package and all dependencies (e.g. firefox-esr)
- wget
- root access
- Download script and desktop file
- move desktop file to
/usr/share/applicatios
to create a system-wide applications link.
- store script where you like it & make it executable
# chmod +x scripts/update-firefox57.sh
- run script (as root)
# ./scripts/update-firefox57.sh
Arguments | Option |
---|---|
-f | --force-override | "Override" firefox binary even if it is running / busy. Firefox may crash |
-nc | --no-check | Skips check if firefox was downloaded recently. Force redownload |
-h | --help | Shows help message |