Linux Mint 14 Xfce 64bit How-to Install Firefox Beta 63 Browser Easy Visual-Guide

February 8, 2013 | By Regaz | Filed in: Uncategorized.

The Guide Shows You How-to Install Firefox Beta 63 Browser x8664 on Linux Mint 14 Nadia Xfce 64-bit Desktop.

To Make Easier the Visualization of the whole Process I have Inserted the Essentials Screenshots of the Installation.

Inside the Instructions you will Find also a Link to How-to Create a Launcher for Firefox Browser on Linux Mint Desktop.

Download Firefox Beta for Linux:

Firefox x8664 tar.bz2

Find the Latest Candidate and Then Select the Language from the List of Firefox Beta 63 x8664 tar.bz2 Linux Releases.
Double-Click on the Archive and Extract Into /tmp
Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
Relocate Firefox Beta
Login as SuperUser
```
su 
```
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution

Make a Firefox Directory
```
mkdir /opt/firefox
```
Move Firefox Into firefox-Beta so to Prepare for a Possible Firefox Multi-Version Coexistence
```
chown -R root:root /tmp/firefox && mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox/firefox-beta
```
Make a Symlink for Easy-Starting
```
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox-beta/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-beta
```
Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with
```
firefox-beta
```
Create a Firefox Beta App Launcher for Easy&Quick Launching:

Mint-Xfce Launcher Howto

Inside Detailed Instructions about Howto Create a Linux Mint Xfce App Launcher.

How-to Install Google-Chrome Browser for Linux-Mint:

Install Google-Chrome for Mint

Chrome Setup on Mint