Step-by-step – Latest Firefox Installation in MX Linux

Installing

2. 2. Downloading Firefox

   Download Latest Firefox for Linux

   Firefox Linux tar.bz2

   Firefox Linux

3. 3. Extracting Firefox

   Then Extract Firefox archive
   Eventually Double-Click/Right-Click to Open with Archive Manager:

   
   Decompress Into /tmp.

4. 4. Installing Firefox

   Relocate Firefox
   First, Make the /opt Directory if it’s not already there:

   if [ ! -d "/opt" ]; then mkdir /opt; fi

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution
   
   Set up Ownership and then Switch Firfox into the target Directory with:

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

   Finally, Make a Symlink for Easy-Starting:

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