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

21.07.2026 19:42, Allen Wilkinson via openSUSE Users wrote:
> I have downloaded firefox-140.9.1esr.tar.xz and "tar -xvf" the file in
> my /usr/local directory.
> 
> I am not finding on the mozilla pages for what command will execute the
> install, and what will happen to my existing version of 115.6.0esr.
> 

You just start it from the location where you extracted it.

> I can not afford to corrupt the 115 version during the 140 install. I
> hope to run both versions for a while to get details settled.
> 

You cannot using the same profile. 115 will refuse to run with 140 profile.

> Can you point me to the explicit install instructions for this case?
> 
> Many thanks, Allen
> 
> 
> On 7/20/26 17:02, Felix Miata wrote:
>> Allen Wilkinson composed on 2026-07-20 15:54 (UTC-0400):
>>
>>> "It is the thoughts we don't have that get us in life."
>> This one I have had repeatedly for more than 20 years:
>> https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/
>>
>> Any release there will work if the OS has the support, so 1.0 probably won't work,
>> but any version of at least 52 should, possibly much older, and certainly much newer.
>