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How to properly upgrade Firefox 56 to 58
Posted: 2018/03/07 04:56:12
by peerdong
I tried upgrading through the browser but not doable.
at the moment I am running the latest Firefox 58 by running the binary directly (./firefox)
Any info on how to upgrade to FF58. Thanks.
Re: How to properly upgrade Firefox 56 to 58
Posted: 2018/03/07 07:09:06
by mghe
Firefox from CentOS repo is updated automatically by command: yum update.
If you have own version of FF installed in Your system from Mozilla, and You would update it then just override folder with new files.
Re: How to properly upgrade Firefox 56 to 58
Posted: 2018/03/07 07:51:52
by peerdong
Thanks for your reply mghe. I did the yum update and I got a no packages marked for update
Code: Select all
[me@localhost ~]$ sudo yum update
[sudo] password for user:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
opera | 2.9 kB 00:00
opera/primary_db | 13 kB 00:00
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk
* epel: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk
* extras: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk
* updates: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk
No packages marked for update
$
Alternatively, I did the second choice to copy overwrite firefox folder but thenafter FF won't run at all.
Any more thoughts?
Re: How to properly upgrade Firefox 56 to 58
Posted: 2018/03/07 08:24:22
by mghe
I don't know when new version of FF will be available in CentOS repo.
For Your own instance of FF, just remove files from folder and unpack new one. Your settings will be preserve.
Re: How to properly upgrade Firefox 56 to 58
Posted: 2018/03/07 08:57:22
by owl102
mghe wrote:I don't know when new version of FF will be available in CentOS repo.
For the release cycle of Firefox ESR see
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/
So the next version of Firefox in CentOS will be Firefox 60 ESR and should become available around August 2018.
Re: How to properly upgrade Firefox 56 to 58
Posted: 2018/03/08 01:28:56
by peerdong
Thank you All. For the time being, I will use this portable setup temporarily.