[xubuntu-users] Trying to udate browser

[lefty]

On 10/18/20 6:15 PM, avengethecathars wrote:
> Hello!
> Novice user here. I am stumped trying to update my firefox browser. I 
> downloaded the tar.bz file, but not sure what to do (extract?) or use 
> the software center.
> I also tried the directions for installing in ubuntu and installing 
> flatpack via a terminal, but failed but I am not sure why.
> Could someone talk me through the steps?

I wait for the distro itself to update Firefox, unless there is some 
feature I need terribly (then I still wait for the distro to update).

In other words, I
sudo apt install firefox

Which installs and maintains for me. Yes, it may lag the current FF 
version by a small amount.


I have a vague memory of the .tar file. You have to use your archiver to 
un-archive, then run it from the actual folder it creates, not from 
where you'd normally run it. It's so long ago, I don't remember if it 
updated so much as installed a parallel package (which needed to have 
settings, addons, and bookmarks updated).

Is there some feature you *need*, above your installed version?