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Install Firefox 21 in Debian (Wheezy)

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1 week ago

For me a few extensions didnt work with Icewaesle but do in Firefox even though they are supposed to be the same. (Iceweasel is Firefox without the branding)

Even though you can add a newer Iceweasel it still didnt fix a thing.

But for people wanting to add an updated Iceweasel to their Debian Install you can do it by the following

You need to add the following entry in /etc/apt/sources.list or a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ :

deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ wheezy-backports iceweasel-release

You can install it with the following commands:

$ apt-get update

$ apt-get install -t wheezy-backports iceweasel

Debian doesnt provide Firefox in its official repository, so we need to install it in another way. In this method, I will show you a manual installation: how to install the real Mozilla Firefox web browser in Debian OS.

Install Firefox

Download Firefox

Download latest version of the original Mozilla Firefox for Linux from the official Mozilla website here, and put it in the Downloads folder within your Home directory ( /home/YourUserName/Downloads ).

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1.

Install Firefox

Copy and extract Firefox archive

Open Terminal, and change directory (cd) to the Downloads folder:

cd Downloads

Then run the following commands (one-by-one):

sudo cp firefox-*.tar.bz2 /opt

cd /opt

sudo tar -xvf firefox-*.tar.bz2

sudo rm firefox-*.tar.bz2

Create symbolic link to firefox binaryBackup (move) any existing firefox bin:

sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox.backup

Create symbolic link to the real firefox binary:

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

2.

Create Firefox Application Shortcut

Create symbolic links for firefox icon

sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/icons/mozicon128.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/firefox.png

sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/icons/mozicon128.png /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png

Create firefox.desktop file in /usr/share/applications

Open gedit (or another text editor app) with root privilege:

gksu gedit /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop

Then copy-paste the following text:

[Desktop Entry]

Encoding=UTF-8

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Name=Firefox

Comment=Browse the World Wide Web

GenericName=Web Browser

X-GNOME-FullName=Firefox Web Browser

Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox %u

Terminal=false

X-MultipleArgs=false

Type=Application

Icon=firefox

Categories=Network;WebBrowser;

MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;

StartupWMClass=Firefox-bin

StartupNotify=true

Save the file (as firefox.desktop in /usr/share/applications folder)

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