Step-by-step – Firefox ESR Installation in Fedora 35

September 28, 2021 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Installing

  1. 2. Downloading Firefox ESR

    Download Latest Firefox ESR for Linux.

    Firefox ESR 32/64-bit tar.bz2

    Possibly, on Firefox Prompt Choose “Save File”:

    Firefox Prompt
  2. 3. Extracting Firefox ESR

    Then Extract into /tmp
    Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click and Open with Archive Manager:

    How to Install Firefox ESR on Fedora 35 - GNOME3 Firefox Archive Extraction
    Or from Shell:

    tar xvf ~/Downloads/firefox*esr.tar.bz2 -C /tmp/
  3. 4. Installing Firefox ESR

    Then to Install Firefox ESR
    First, Set the SuperUser as Owner:

    sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/firefox

    Next Relocate it:

    sudo mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox-esr

    Again make a Symlink for easy Launching:

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

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