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How To Install Previous Firefox Version in Ubuntu
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# Set version to be installed. | |
FIREFOX_VERSION=10.0.2 | |
# Download previous firefox version, check here for complete list: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/ | |
wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/$FIREFOX_VERSION/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-$FIREFOX_VERSION.tar.bz2 | |
# Extract the archive verbosely. | |
tar -xvjf firefox-$FIREFOX_VERSION.tar.bz2 | |
# Move the package to /opt folder. | |
sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox-$FIREFOX_VERSION | |
# Backup existing firefox if any. | |
sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-backup | |
# Create symbolic link. | |
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox-$FIREFOX_VERSION/firefox /usr/bin/firefox | |
# Create preference locking to prevent auto update. | |
printf "//\nlockPref(\"app.update.enabled\", false);" > /opt/firefox-$FIREFOX_VERSION/mozilla.cfg | |
# Load the preference lock. | |
printf "pref(\"general.config.obscure_value\", 0);\npref(\"general.config.filename\", \"mozilla.cfg\");" > /opt/firefox-$FIREFOX_VERSION/defaults/pref/local-settings.js |
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