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Installing a downgraded version of Firefox 16 from PPA

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 4544 / 2 Years ago, thu, may 19, 2022, 4:00:35

I'd like to fetch and install old FF16 instead of FF17 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server.

Currently FF17 is default. FF17 is incompatible with Selenium 2.26 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13600247/unable-to-run-selenium-suite-on-firefox-17

How one can install an old version of Firefox with apt-get? Can one pindown this version so that it is not automatically updated?

Also if there exists a static FF16 installation available it is a solution.

apt-cache policy firefox

firefox:

  Installed: 17.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

  Candidate: 17.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

  Version table:

 *** 17.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 0

        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages

        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

     3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 0

        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

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answered 2 Years ago utonmbo · Accepted Answer

For me the issue was solved using the following steps:

download Firefox from Mozialla:

cd ~/Downloads

wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/16.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-16.0.tar.bz2`

for single-user installation:
1. unpack the archive within my home directory:
  
  mkdir -p ~/bin/firefox-16
  
  cd ~/bin/firefox-16
  
  tar -xjf ~/Downloads/firefox-16.0.tar.bz2
2. Create a symlink to my ~/bin directory:
  
  ln -s ~/bin/firefox-16/firefox ~/bin/firefox
3. I did that long time ago already, for you the step might be missing: open your ~/.profile and make sure to have ~/bin at the beginning of your $PATH:
  
  # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
  
  if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
  
  PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
  
  fi

For global installation, simply use the same steps as root, but replace the locations:
- unpack to /usr/local/bin/firefox-16
- symlink: ln -s /usr/local/bin/firefox-16/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox

For the global installation, no update of profiles should be required, as /usr/local/bin should already be in the $PATH. In both cases it is important this new path precedes /usr/bin (i.e. the new path should come before it), so the manually installed firefox is found first.