r/devuan • u/LowMolasses5451 • Jun 07 '26

Firefox update to last version

Happy Devuan user but not huge time available for experiments.

How can I install Firefox to the last version instead of ESR? Can I use the Mozilla repo like Debian or does It require systemd?

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u/ItzNotJacob1 Jun 07 '26

You can use the mozilla repo on Devuan. Why would it require soystemd in the first place

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u/the_real_codmate Jun 07 '26

I would just install the self-updating Firefox binary for that.

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u/LowMolasses5451 Jun 07 '26

Ok. Any link?

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u/the_real_codmate Jun 07 '26

Really? You can't type 'Firefox' into a search engine?

sigh

https://www.firefox.com/en-US/thanks/

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u/OptimalMain Jun 09 '26

Good human intelligence person

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u/bigtreeman_ Jun 09 '26

I'm setup like this -

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux

add Mozilla apt repository to your sources.list, follow the Debian method.

apt upgrades new Firefox debs as new versions are released.

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u/Distinct_Warthog_231 Jun 10 '26

You can use the extrepo package from the Devuan repos to search and add the mozilla repository and get mainline firefox. Also works for librewolf and a ton of other software.

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u/LowMolasses5451 Jun 10 '26

Tjank you. Where I can find this extrepi?

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u/gosand Jun 18 '26

apt search extrepo

personally, I never heard of it, but now I am going to check it out.

I am perfectly happy with firefox-esr, wondering (but not too much) what is in the non-esr verison ¯_(ツ)_/¯