Now this is what I did to get back a working version of Firefox, (this is utilizing both gui and cli): I assume you all know how to make a backup of a directory and even a hidden directory(from either the gui or cli) if not Google is your Friend This holds your profile, bookmarks, history, etc. So the fix for the moment for me was to rollback to the last version before 55.0.x which is 52.0.2…bįirst! make a backup of your /home/(username)/.mozilla/firefox directory. To start Firefox, just open a terminal, type firefox and hit enter.Here a small guide that I created that I hope will help others.

How to install Firefox on 64 bit Linux systems: To start Firefox, just open a terminal, type firefox and hit enter. $ sudo ln -sf /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox How to install Firefox on 32 bit Linux systems: The below instructions should work on all the popular Linux systems, including Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Peppermint, LXLE, Linux Lite, Debian, Robolinux, SparkyLinux, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva, Arch Linux, Manjaro, ROSA Desktop etc. Also, it is advised to remove previous versions of Firefox, move Firefox to /opt and create a symlink, for an easier usage.

The latest versions of Firefox are available as pre-compiled libraries via the Mozilla FTP, so we need to download the archive (i386 or i686 for 32 bit systems and amd64 or x86_64 for 64 bit systems), extract it and run the firefox file. Mozilla does not provide a repository for its Firefox browser, but the installation steps are quite easy anyway and should not create difficulties on any Linux distribution. Fix a regression impacting some specific uploads.Fix a crash impacting the video playback with Media Source Extension.Fix a regression with the copy and paste with some old versions of some Gecko applications like Thunderbird.Fix a web compatibility regression impacting the srcset attribute of the image tag.Fix an issue impacting the cookie header when third-party cookies are blocked.The latest version available is Firefox 45.0.2, coming fixes: As you may know, Mozilla Firefox is among the most popular internet browsers available, being very appreciated by FOSS users.

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