Newer Version of Firefox

tb75252 · June 6, 2021, 5:57pm

I just installed 15.3 over 15.2 (Desktop edition) and made sure to preserve /home.

Now when I launch Firefox, a window opens up with the following:

You’ve launched an older version of Firefox
Using an older version of Firefox can corrupt bookmarks and
browsing history already saved to an existing Firefox profile. To
protect your information, create a new profile for this installation of
Firefox.

So, how do I install a newer version of Firefox?

YaST Software Management shows that I have the following installed when I do a search for Firefox:
**MozillaFirefox v. 78.10.0-8.38-1
MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE v. 68-lp153.4.22
kmozillahelper v. 5.0.5-bp153.1.24
**
I do not see anything in Software Management what would allow me to install a newer version of Firefox.

I don’t want to create a newer profile because I would have to re-install all the add-ons and settings…

nrickert · June 6, 2021, 6:30pm

There’s a repo:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/

which you can add. You probably did the equivalent with Leap 15.2, so you will need to do it again with Leap 15.3 if you want the latest firefox.

karlmistelberger · June 6, 2021, 6:39pm

Zypper says:

**Leap-15-3:~ #** zypper se -is firefox  
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 

S | Name                               | Type    | Version        | Arch   | Repository 
--+------------------------------------+---------+----------------+--------+-------------------------------------------- 
i | MozillaFirefox                     | package | 89.0-lp153.1.1 | x86_64 | Mozilla based projects (openSUSE_Leap_15.3) 
i | MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE   | package | 68-lp153.8.1   | x86_64 | Mozilla based projects (openSUSE_Leap_15.3) 
i | MozillaFirefox-translations-common | package | 89.0-lp153.1.1 | x86_64 | Mozilla based projects (openSUSE_Leap_15.3) 
**Leap-15-3:~ #** zypper dup --from mozilla                
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 
Computing distribution upgrade... 
Nothing to do. 
**Leap-15-3:~ #** zypper lr -uEP 
#  | Alias                 | Name                                                         | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | URI 
---+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 5 | Kernel_stable         | Kernel builds for branch stable (standard)                   | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   50     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/ 
 1 | KDE-Applications      | KDE-Applications                                             | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   75     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Applications/KDE_Frameworks5_openSUSE_Leap_15.3 
 2 | KDE-Extra             | KDE-Extra                                                    | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   75     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Applications_openSUSE_Leap_15.3 
 3 | KDE-Frameworks        | KDE-Frameworks                                               | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   75     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Frameworks5/openSUSE_Leap_15.3 
 4 | KDE-Qt5               | KDE-Qt5                                                      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   75     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt5/openSUSE_Leap_15.3 
** 6 | mozilla               | Mozilla based projects (openSUSE_Leap_15.3)                  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   90     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/ **
 8 | packman               | packman                                                      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   90     | http://ftp.fau.de/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/ 
 7 | openSUSE-Leap-15.3-1  | openSUSE-Leap-15.3-1                                         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/ 
10 | repo-backports-update | Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | https://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/backports/ 
15 | repo-non-oss          | Non-OSS Repository                                           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/non-oss/ 
17 | repo-sle-update       | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | https://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/sle 
19 | repo-update           | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository                              | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/oss 
20 | repo-update-non-oss   | Aktualisierungs-Repository (Nicht-Open-Source-Software)      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/non-oss/ 
**Leap-15-3:~ #** zypper lr -uEP mozilla 
Alias          : mozilla 
Name           : Mozilla based projects (openSUSE_Leap_15.3) 
URI            : https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/ 
Enabled        : Yes 
GPG Check      : (r ) Yes 
Priority       : 90 (raised priority)
Autorefresh    : On 
Keep Packages  : Off 
Type           : rpm-md 
GPG Key URI    : https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/repodata/repomd.xml.key 
Path Prefix    :  
Parent Service :  
Keywords       : --- 
Repo Info Path : /etc/zypp/repos.d/mozilla.repo 
MD Cache Path  : /var/cache/zypp/raw/mozilla 
**Leap-15-3:~ #**

tb75252 · June 6, 2021, 8:39pm

nrickert:

There’s a repo:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/
which you can add. You probably did the equivalent with Leap 15.2, so you will need to do it again with Leap 15.3 if you want the latest firefox.

Yes, that’s probably what I did and forgot all about it…

What is the proper sequence in order to install a newer version of Firefox?

Do i first uninstall

**MozillaFirefox v. 78.10.0-8.38-1
MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE v. 68-lp153.4.22
kmozillahelper v. 5.0.5-bp153.1.24
**

Second, add repo


http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/

Third, run YaST Software Management and search for Firefox?

nrickert · June 6, 2021, 9:01pm

That’s up to you.

My choice would be:

(1) add the repo.
(2) Use Yast Software management. Go to the “Repositories” view. That will tell you what’s in that repo.
(3) Use the “Versions” tab to make sure that you install the version you want. Installing a newer version will automatically remove the older version.

You will probably need to upgrade everything firefox related, to satisfy dependency requirements.

1chip · June 13, 2021, 11:18pm

nrickert:

There’s a repo:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/
which you can add. You probably did the equivalent with Leap 15.2, so you will need to do it again with Leap 15.3 if you want the latest firefox.

I tied this and get no such file or directory error

nrickert · June 13, 2021, 11:49pm

I’m not sure what you tried. When I enable that repo, I can see “MozillaFirefox” version 89.0-lp153.1.1

Personally, I’m still using the esr version (78.11.0), so I normally leave that repo disabled.

jayrbm · October 13, 2021, 1:07am

sorry to hijack this thread but I do have a question related to the installation of firefox also on Leap 15.3; once I have added the repo should I do a

zypper in MozillaFirefox

or a

zypper dup --allow-vendor-change

whats the difference between the two? will zypper in MozillaFirefox only upgrade firefox but not thunderbird?

Sauerland · October 13, 2021, 10:06am

whats the difference between the two? will zypper in MozillaFirefox only upgrade firefox but not thunderbird?

zypper in will only install the package and its dependencies from highest priority Repo or with the highest version if the package is not installed. If the package is installed, it will do nothing (no vendor change).
If you use zypper in -force it will install the package, depending on priority and/or Version, also from another Repo. That means if installed it will be once more installed.

But both times only the package (and maybe dependencies) is installed.

zypper dup --allow-vendor-change will install all installed packages once more with highest priority/version. But I would not use this command because it will use and switch with all enabled Repos.

It is better to use:
zypper dup --allow-vendor-change --from (NAME,NUMBER,URL)
That will switch all installed packages to the version from that repo, if available, f. e. Firefox and Thunderbird if installed.

Svyatko · October 13, 2021, 6:23pm

jayrbm:

sorry to hijack this thread but I do have a question related to the installation of firefox also on Leap 15.3; once I have added the repo should I do a
zypper in MozillaFirefox
or a
zypper dup --allow-vendor-change
whats the difference between the two? will zypper in MozillaFirefox only upgrade firefox but not thunderbird?

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Vendor_change_update