How to Install Latest Firefox on LXLE 12.04 LTS Guide

GNU/Linux LXLE 12.04 Installing Latest Firefox Guide

The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the Latest Firefox Browser for Linux LXLE 12.04 LTS Lxde Desktop.

Sure it’s possible also to Install some Adjourned Firefox Version by some PPA but it can’t be Sure that will be always the Last One…

The Latest Firefox Version Coexists Perfectly with Other Eventual Firefox Versions on System, this meaning that it’s sharing the Default Environment.

So to make easier the Visualization of the whole process the Guide includes the essential Screenshots.

Inside you find also detailed instructions about How to Create a Launcher for Firefox Browser on Linux Desktop.

1. Download Latest Firefox for Linux

   Firefox Linux x86/x64 tar.bz2

   Latest Firefox Linux.

2. Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.

3. Open a Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

4. Relocate Firefox DirectoryLogin as SuperUser

   sudo su

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

   Relocate firefox Into firefox-latest.

   sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/firefox && mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox-latest

   Make a firefox-latest Symlink for Easy-Starting.

   sudo ln -s /opt/firefox-latest/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-latest

   Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with

   firefox-latest

5. Create a Firefox App Launcher on LXLE Menu

   How Launcher for LXLE Menu

   LXLE Launcher