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Download latest Firefox tar-ball
First, download a latest Firefox version. The below command will always fetch the latest binaries:
$ wget -O FirefoxSetup.tar.bz2 "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest&os=linux64&lang=en-US"
Extract new Firefox tarball
mkdir /opt/firefox
tar xjf FirefoxSetup.tar.bz2 -C /opt/firefox/
Replace existing binary
Make a backup of the original Firefox binary shipped with Debian and create a new symbolic link pointing to downloaded Firefox executable:
mv /usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr /usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_orig
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox/firefox /usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr
Update Firefox
To update your Firefox execute:
$ wget -O FirefoxSetup.tar.bz2 "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest&os=linux64&lang=en-US"
tar xjf FirefoxSetup.tar.bz2 -C /opt/firefox/
Restore Debian's Default
To restore original Firefox execute:
