Firefox or Mozilla Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla foundation and generally utilized by thousands and thousands of individuals on their daily actions.
This tutorial will be helpful for the beginners to install firefox 77 in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, LinuxMint 19.3, and CentOS 8.1 / 7.x
Firefox 77 Changelog
- Pocket recommendations will appear on the Firefox new tab four users in the UK
- WebRender continues its rollout to windows users and now available by default on Windows 10
- View and Manage web certificates is easy now
- Various security fixes
- browser.urlbar.oneoffsearches preference has been removed
Install Firefox 77 in Ubuntu / LinuxMint / Debian / CentOS
Method 1: PPA
The latest version of Firefox will be updated to the repositories, just update the repository and install it using the below command
sudo apt update && sudo apt install firefox
Method 2: Via SNAP Store
Step 1: Install the SNAP store on your system
sudo apt install snap
sudo apt install firefox
Method 3: Via Flatpak
Step 1: Install Flatpak on your system by using the Flatpak setup guide
Step 2: Install firefox using Flatpak
flatpak install flathub org.mozilla.firefox
Step 3: Run Firefox
flatpak run org.mozilla.firefox/x86_64/stable
Method 4: Via Source file
Step 1: Download the tar file from the firefox FTP site
Step 2: Extract the downloaded tar file to opt
tar -xf firefox-77.0.tar.bz2 && mv firefox /opt/firefox77
Step 3: Create symbolic links and set Firefox 77 as default
sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefoxold
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox77/firefox-bin /usr/bin/firefox
