We’re going to show you the step by step for each of these methods, and regardless of which one you choose, you’ll be able to follow along with our instructions to update and uninstall Firefox as well.įirst thing’s first.
We’ll show how to do this from the command line with wget, but you can also use this method if you want to avoid the command line and you already have a browser that can be used to navigate to Firefox’s website.
This is another command line method but it allows you to install more updated (and less stable, possibly) versions of Firefox directly from Mozilla’s repository.
But you or someone else may decide to uninstall it and come back to it later, or maybe it’s giving you problems and you want to reinstall the software altogether. Therefore, it stands to reason that it’s already on your system and there’s no need for installation instructions, right? Yeah, probably. $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged userĪs we mentioned earlier, Firefox is the default internet browser on Ubuntu 22.04. # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the sudo command. Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used Mozilla Firefox on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish Linux Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions Category
Linux and macOS users, fret not, you already enjoy a Firefox that’s optimized for 64-bit.
Also, with the jump from 32 to 64 bits, a security feature called Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) works better to protect you from attackers. Here’s the key thing to know: 64-bit applications can access more memory and are less likely to crash than 32-bit applications. What’s the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit? How much less? In our tests so far, 64-bit Firefox reduced crashes by 39% on machines with 4GB of RAM or more. That means you get a more secure version of Firefox, one that also crashes a whole lot less. Users on 64-bit Windows who download Firefox can get our 64-bit version by default.