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.
Download Latest Firefox for Linux
Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.
Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)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
Create a Firefox App Launcher on LXLE Menu