Yes, Firefox 57 is a whole new Firefox, built for faster page loading, smoother scrolling, and more responsive tab switching. These performance upgrades come paired with a modern, intuitive design. Start browsing and experience it for yourself: the best Firefox yet. This page shows how to install the latest version of Firefox 57 on a Linux operating system.
Step 1 – Download Firefox 57
Open the Terminal app and type the following wget command:
cd /tmp/
wget -L -O firefox.tar.bz2 'https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=linux64&lang=en-US'
Sample outputs:
--2017-11-15 19:16:36-- https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=linux64&lang=en-US Resolving download.mozilla.org (download.mozilla.org)... 35.164.27.94, 35.166.129.157, 52.40.102.214 Connecting to download.mozilla.org (download.mozilla.org)|35.164.27.94|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/57.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-57.0.tar.bz2 [following] --2017-11-15 19:16:38-- https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/57.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-57.0.tar.bz2 Resolving download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net (download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net)... 52.222.142.223 Connecting to download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net (download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net)|52.222.142.223|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 53575345 (51M) [application/x-tar] Saving to: ‘firefox.tar.bz2’ firefox.tar.bz2 100%[===================================>] 51.09M 396KB/s in 1m 44s 2017-11-15 19:18:22 (505 KB/s) - ‘firefox.tar.bz2’ saved [53575345/53575345] |
Step 2 – Extract (untar) Firefox 57
Untar the tar ball named firefox.tar.bz2 into your home directory, run:
mv firefox.tar.bz2 $HOME
tar xf firefox.tar.bz2
OR
tar xvf firefox.tar.bz2 -C $HOME
Sample outputs:
firefox/gtk2/libmozgtk.so firefox/libfreeblpriv3.chk firefox/libnssdbm3.so firefox/libxul.so firefox/libfreeblpriv3.so firefox/firefox firefox/browser/blocklist.xml firefox/browser/crashreporter-override.ini firefox/browser/omni.ja firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png firefox/browser/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.xpi firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default32.png firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default16.png firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default48.png firefox/browser/features/activity-stream@mozilla.org.xpi firefox/browser/features/webcompat@mozilla.org.xpi firefox/browser/features/followonsearch@mozilla.com.xpi firefox/browser/features/e10srollout@mozilla.org.xpi firefox/browser/features/formautofill@mozilla.org.xpi firefox/browser/features/firefox@getpocket.com.xpi firefox/browser/features/shield-recipe-client@mozilla.org.xpi firefox/browser/features/screenshots@mozilla.org.xpi firefox/browser/features/onboarding@mozilla.org.xpi firefox/browser/features/aushelper@mozilla.org.xpi firefox/browser/chrome.manifest firefox/precomplete firefox/libnssutil3.so firefox/libplds4.so firefox/liblgpllibs.so firefox/update-settings.ini firefox/libssl3.so firefox/dictionaries/en-US.dic firefox/dictionaries/en-US.aff firefox/libnss3.so firefox/libplc4.so firefox/defaults/pref/channel-prefs.js firefox/removed-files firefox/libnssdbm3.chk firefox/libnssckbi.so firefox/gmp-clearkey/0.1/libclearkey.so firefox/gmp-clearkey/0.1/manifest.json firefox/fonts/EmojiOneMozilla.ttf firefox/platform.ini firefox/plugin-container firefox/pingsender firefox/dependentlibs.list firefox/updater firefox/libmozavutil.so firefox/libmozavcodec.so firefox/libmozsandbox.so firefox/minidump-analyzer firefox/omni.ja firefox/application.ini firefox/updater.ini firefox/icons/updater.png firefox/Throbber-small.gif firefox/libnspr4.so firefox/libmozsqlite3.so firefox/firefox-bin firefox/crashreporter firefox/libsoftokn3.chk firefox/libsmime3.so firefox/libmozgtk.so firefox/libsoftokn3.so firefox/run-mozilla.sh firefox/chrome.manifest firefox/crashreporter.ini firefox/icudt59l.dat firefox/gmp-clearkey/0.1/libclearkey.so.sig firefox/libxul.so.sig firefox/firefox.sig firefox/firefox-bin.sig firefox/plugin-container.sig |
Before launching firefox type the following command to kill all instance of older firefox using the killall command:
$ killall firefox
Step 3 – Start Firefox 57 from the CLI
Just type the following command:
$ ~/firefox/firefox
OR
$ ~/firefox/firefox &
Sample session (about box):
Firefox 57:
Firefox 57 is faster as compared to both older version of Firefox and Chrome. Yes, it consumed less memory in my test while providing a smooth user experience.
Update: Ubuntu Linux 17.10 rolled out Firefox v 57
Yay, you can install an updated version with the following apt command/apt-get command:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
$ egrep -o firefox.* /var/log/apt/history.log
Restart your browser. Verify new version from the command line:
$ firefox --version
8 comment
Why not a deb file
I updated the page to include apt/apt-get command. It should update or install firefox.
$ sudo apt install firefoxHere is what I get following your instructions:
bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
edwin@linux-a4n0:~> bzip2 -d firefox.tar.bz2
bzip2: firefox.tar.bz2 is not a bzip2 file.
Seems like your file corrupted. Delete it and download again. Use file command to verify file:
$ file firefox.tar.bz2Also let me know your Linux distro and version.
Arch Linux user here:
sudo pacman -Syu firefoxJust deleted and downloaded again. Got exact same result. Using SuSE Tumbleweed.
file firefox.tar.bz2
firefox.tar.bz2: HTML document, UTF-8 Unicode text, with very long lines
As of 12:41 PM November 18th, 2017, I was able to install firefox 57 along 531 Mbytes of other software. I started it from the menu, and it worked!