GNU/Linux Bodhi 3.x Installing Latest Firefox Guide
Hi! The Guide shows you Step-by-step How to Download and Install the Latest Firefox Browser in Bodhi 3.x Enlightenment GNU/Linux Desktop.
And the Latest Firefox coexist without troubles with others possible Versions, 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.
Finally, inside you find also detailed instructions about How to Create a Desktop Launcher on Bodhi.
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1. Launching Terminal
Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
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2. Downloading Firefox
Download Latest Firefox Stable Release
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3. Extracting Firefox
Extract Firefox Archive
First, access the Download location by default with:cd ~/Downloads
To Check it’s there List the contents with:
ls . | grep firefox
The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.
But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.tar xvf ./firefox*tar.bz2 -C /tmp/
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4. Installing Firefox
Relocate Firefox Directory
sudo su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/firefox && sudo 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
How to Create a Firefox Bodhi Desktop Launcher
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Installing Google-Chrome Web Browser on Bodhi Enlightenment Distro
