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installing Firefox - ProsaicHacker - 02-01-2024
Because of the difficulties I am have with google under the default browser I am trying to install fire fox.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions
Following the link shuts down the browser.
Here is the text from the link:
Install Firefox .deb package for Debian-based distributions
To install the .deb package through the APT repository, do the following:
Create a directory to store APT repository keys if it doesn't exist:
sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
Import the Mozilla APT repository signing key:
wget -q https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg -O- | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc > /dev/null
If you do not have wget installed, you can install it with: sudo apt-get install wget
The fingerprint should be 35BAA0B33E9EB396F59CA838C0BA5CE6DC6315A3
gpg -n -q --import --import-options import-show /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc | awk '/pub/{getline; gsub(/^ +| +$/,""); print "\n"$0"\n"}'
Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list:
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null
Configure APT to prioritize packages from the Mozilla repository:
echo '
Package: *
Pin: origin packages.mozilla.org
Pin-Priority: 1000
' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla
Update your package list and install the Firefox .deb package:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox
ran
seemed to install but there is no X11 server in this config
RE: installing Firefox - John - 02-02-2024
Thank you for the walk through. I was able to install the current stock antiX Firefox (120.1) with "sudo apt update" and then "sudo apt install firefox". It is about 251MB of disk space with dependencies.
RE: installing Firefox - ProsaicHacker - 02-02-2024
(02-02-2024, 02:36 AM)John Wrote: Thank you for the walk through. I was able to install the current stock antiX Firefox (120.1) with "sudo apt update" and then "sudo apt install firefox". It is about 251MB of disk space with dependencies.
I ran
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
And Firefox worked. It may have been a dependency that upgrade fixed.
other things like the icons on the shutdown screen were updated after the upgrade
( I think. I I may have to do another stock install. and test think a little less chaotically)