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

GMX via openSUSE Users <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:38:31 +0200

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You’ve already extracted the Firefox archive, so there’s no need to
install anything else. Simply open a terminal, change to the directory
you just extracted, and run Firefox from there. It will start with a
new profile, which is recommended if you want to keep your existing
Firefox installation and profile unchanged.

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Von: Allen Wilkinson via openSUSE Users <[email protected]>
Antwort an: Allen Wilkinson <[email protected]>
An: [email protected], Felix Miata <[email protected]>
Betreff: Re: Installing newer firefox on a Leap 15.4 installation, can
it be done?
Datum: 21.07.2026 18:42:26

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.

 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.

 Can you point me to the explicit install instructions for this case?

 Many thanks, Allen

On 7/20/26 17:02, Felix Miata wrote:

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> Allen Wilkinson composed on 2026-07-20 15:54 (UTC-0400):
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> >  
> > "It is the thoughts we don't have that get us in life."
> >  
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> 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.
>

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