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Monday, July 8, 2019

Ubuntu: How to install an old Firefox version





If you want to install an old version of Firefox, you just have to follow these steps:

In this case, I had Firefox 4.5.0 and now I want to install Firefox 47.0.1


First, open your terminal


  1. Download firefox 47.0.1

    wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/47.0.1/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-47.0.1.tar.bz2
  2. Unzip Firefox

    tar -xjvf firefox-47.0.1.tar.bz2
  3. We remove the old version

    sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox*
  4. we move the unzip firefox 47.0.1 to the firefox folder

    sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox
  5. create symbolic link

    sudo ln -sf /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox