Introduction

In this article we are going to learn How to install or update Mozilla Firefox Quantum version 59 in Ubuntu 16.04. As you all know that Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular web browser and almost all Linux distros by default comes with it. Recently Mozilla released it’s latest version of browser i.e. Mozilla Firefox quantum version 59. You have to follow some simple steps to install or update the same. So let’s get started.

Follow the below steps to install/update Mozilla Firefox quantum version 59 in Ubuntu 16.04

Before start the installation of Mozilla Firefox quantum we have to install the official PPA repository for that as it’s not a part of default repository of Ubuntu 16.04. So to install the PPA repository use the below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next   # Install PPA Repository
 This PPA contains releases of Firefox from the beta channel

For questions and bugs with software in this PPA please *don't* contact mozillateam.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/firefox-next
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpxper4yl6/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpxper4yl6/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key CE49EC21 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpxper4yl6/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key CE49EC21: public key "Launchpad PPA for Mozilla Team" imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

After installing the PPA repository now update the packages & repositories of Ubuntu 16.04 using below command to take effect.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update   # Update Packages & Repositories
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-next/ubuntu xenial InRelease [23.8 kB]                
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                           
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                 
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/soylent-tv/screenstudio/ubuntu xenial InRelease                      
Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                               
Fetched 156 kB in 2s (61.9 kB/s)                    
Reading package lists... Done

Now we are ready to install the Firefox quantum 59 application. So let’s go ahead and install the same using below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install firefox   # Install the Package
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  cabextract gcc-5-base:i386 icoutils libbsd0:i386 libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libedit2:i386
  libelf1:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libllvm5.0:i386 libmspack0 libpciaccess0:i386 libsensors4:i386
  libstdc++6:i386 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386 libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-0v5 libx11-6:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386 libxcb-dri3-0:i386
  libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-present0:i386 libxcb-sync1:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxinerama1:i386
  libxshmfence1:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 python-wxgtk3.0 python-wxversion
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
  fonts-lyx
The following packages will be upgraded:
  firefox
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 232 not upgraded.
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Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up firefox (59.0~b14+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
Please restart all running instances of firefox, or you will experience problems.

As you can see above Mozilla Firefox quantum version 59 package has been installed successfully. Now to confirm the same use the below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l firefox   # Confirm the installed Package
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                 Version                 Architecture            Description
+++-====================================-=======================-=======================-=============================================================================
ii  firefox                              59.0~b14+build1-0ubuntu amd64                   Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla

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Now to open the application just type the command firefox on shell prompt. Refer the command below.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ firefox   # Open the Application

You can also open the Firefox quantum 59 application graphically using Search your computer box. Refer the snapshot below.

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