Re: Installing newer firefox on a Leap 15.4 installation, can it be done?

GMX via openSUSE Users <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:04:52 +0200

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Hi,
Flatpak works, snapcraft aswell and the download from Mozilla, too. But
honestly, you should go for the latest Leap or Tumbleweed, Slowroll can
be interesting, too.

Please check your Url, it should be
(from https://flathub.org/de/setup/openSUSE) [1]: flatpak remote-add --
if-not-exists flathub
https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo .If there is already a
faulty entry, please remove it and add again the correct version.

I would recommend:
Check: flatpak --version .
then; flatpak remotes -d
If there is a faulty entry, delete it: flatpak remote-delete flathub
Add the correct entry: flatpak remote-add flathub
https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

If this doesn't work, please come back with the result of:
cat /etc/os-release 
flatpak --version 
flatpak remote-add --verbose flathub
https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Br Niclaas
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Von: Allen Wilkinson via openSUSE Users <[email protected]>
Antwort an: Allen Wilkinson <[email protected]>
An: oS-EN <[email protected]>
Betreff: Installing newer firefox on a Leap 15.4 installation, can it
be done?
Datum: 20.07.2026 21:54:38

 
 
I have been using firefox 115.6.0esr on my laptop install of Leap 15.4.
 
 I understand flatpak is a path to getting to at least 140.x. I have never used flatpak before.
 Should flatpak work for this task?
 
 I have flatpak-1.12.8-150400.3.3.1.x86_64 installed.
 
 I am following a Google Search (AI) recipe to install newer firefox.
 
 I am stuck on the command to add flathub repository for flatpak:
  
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org
Warning: Could not update extra metadata for 'flathub': GPG verification enabled, 
but no summary found (check that the configured URL in remote config is correct)
How do I remedy this?

Thank you for any help. Allen
-- 

"It is the thoughts we don't have that get us in life."

 


[1] https://flathub.org/de/setup/openSUSE)
    https://flathub.org/de/setup/openSUSE

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