When will Firefox ESR 128 become available?

Michael_ · 2024-09-28 19:40

I'm running Q4OS Plasma 5.6 and the latest Firefox ESR Version available is 115.
I'm starting to notice Website incompatibilities and was wondering when the newer ESR Version 128 will become available?

Last edited by Michael_ (2024-09-28 19:41)

hchiper · 2024-09-28 19:59

Please open a Konsole (Terrminal), run these two commands and post the output:

$ sudo apt update
$ apt list firefox-esr

Did you install Update Manager from the Software Centre?

Michael_ · 2024-09-28 20:08

michael@michael-x9srax9sra3:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] Passwort für michael: 
Holen:2 http://security.debian.org bookworm-security InRelease [48,0 kB]                                             
OK:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease                                                                                                                                                                                       
OK:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease                                                                                                                                                                
OK:5 https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable stable InRelease                                                                                                                                                                        
OK:6 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bookworm InRelease                                                                                                                                                        
OK:7 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian bookworm InRelease                                                                                                                                           
OK:1 https://q4os.org/q4repo q4os-5-0-cn InRelease                                                                                                                                                         
OK:8 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                               
Holen:9 https://www.perfect-privacy.com/repos/linux/debian perfect-privacy-vpn InRelease [3.658 B]
Es wurden 51,6 kB in 1 s geholt (46,2 kB/s).               
Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut… Fertig
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen… Fertig
Aktualisierung für 6 Pakete verfügbar. Führen Sie »apt list --upgradable« aus, um sie anzuzeigen.
W: https://www.perfect-privacy.com/repos/linux/debian/dists/perfect-privacy-vpn/InRelease: Schlüssel ist im veralteten Schlüsselbund trusted.gpg gespeichert (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), siehe den Abschnitt MISSBILLIGUNG in apt-key(8) für Details.
michael@michael-x9srax9sra3:~$ apt list firefox-esr
Auflistung… Fertig
firefox-esr/stable-security,now 115.15.0esr-1~deb12u1 amd64  [installiert]
firefox-esr/stable-security 115.15.0esr-1~deb12u1 i386

Also

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-25-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5
    Distro: Q4OS 5.6.1-n1

hchiper wrote:

Did you install Update Manager from the Software Centre?

No

Michael_ · 2024-09-28 20:52

I'm not an expert but it looks like it's simply not available in the debian repos yet?

https://packages.debian.org/search?keyw … ection=all

hchiper · 2024-09-29 09:03

(Deleted: see following post instead.)

Last edited by hchiper (2024-09-30 07:05)

q4osteam · 2024-09-29 09:32

@Michael_
You only need to install Firefox from Q4OS software center, so you get Mozilla repositories. Afterwards you can install FIrefox-esr 128.2 from package manager or command line.

Michael_ · 2024-09-29 15:25

q4osteam wrote:

@Michael_
You only need to install Firefox from Q4OS software center, so you get Mozilla repositories. Afterwards you can install FIrefox-esr 128.2 from package manager or command line.

I tried this in a VirtualBox VM.

First i installed Firefox ESR 115 using

sudo apt install firefox-esr

Then i installed Regular Firefox from the Q4OS Software Centre.

Now i was able to update Firefox ESR to Version 128 using Discover Package Manager.

But the Problem is:

When i try to open the Regular Firefox (installed using Software Centre) i only get an Error "Can't find program Firefox".

If i now uninstall the Regular Firefox (i only need ESR 128) using the Software Centre it also removes the mozilla repositories.

How can i fix this?

Can i only add the mozilla repositories without installing regular Firefox? (How?)

I also would not mind having both regular Firefox and Firefox ESR 128 as long as everything works.

Last edited by Michael_ (2024-09-29 15:38)

q4osteam · 2024-09-29 15:47

Yes you can manually add Mozilla repositories, or use "qrepoadd" tool, see https://www.q4os.org/dqa007.html#extrepo

Michael_ · 2024-09-29 17:44

q4osteam wrote:

Yes you can manually add Mozilla repositories, or use "qrepoadd" tool, see https://www.q4os.org/dqa007.html#extrepo

Thanks this worked, here's exactly what i did:

1. Open Terminal and install Firefox ESR (using Standard Debian Repos)
Source: https://www.linuxuntu.com/install-firefox-linux/
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sudo apt install firefox-esr

(You can skip this Step if Firefox ESR has already been installed this way.)

2. Add Mozilla Repos by opening a Terminal and executing:
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sudo qrepoadd --gui

Then: A GUI will open, select "mozilla-firefox" and click "OK"

3.Open Terminal and execute the following to verify if Mozilla Repositories have been added and to update (available) Package List
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sudo apt update

4.Optional: Check available Firefox ESR Versions by opening a Terminal and executing:
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apt list firefox-esr

5.Open "Discover" Package Manager go to Updates Tab then check for updates.
5.1. If the mozilla repos offer a newer version of Firefox ESR than the Debian Repos, there should be an Update available for Firefox ESR. -> Apply it!

Done!

q4osteam · 2024-09-29 21:30

Well, you can omit the step 1. Anyway, thanks for reporting back.

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When will Firefox ESR 128 become available?

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