Mozilla no longer ships Firefox 16 after discovering a critical security vulnerability [1], and are now recommending users to downgrade to version 15. What is the simplest way for Ubuntu users to do this, preferably via apt-get?
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Mozilla no longer ships Firefox 16 after discovering a critical security vulnerability [1], and are now recommending users to downgrade to version 15. What is the simplest way for Ubuntu users to do this, preferably via apt-get?
A Carafe of Ubuntu
You can go here http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ and download the tar. I don't remember how to install in terminal with tar (maybe some other can post the codes).
Or you can uninstall firefox from software center, and then install it again from software center. You should then get v 15.
Way Too Much Ubuntu
Manually installing applications that are also installed via the package manager is generally a bad idea. Overwriting files without telling APT about it is a fine way of ending up in dependency hell.Originally Posted by pompel9
No, v. 16 is still in the repos as of posting this.Or you can uninstall firefox from software center, and then install it again from software center. You should then get v 15.
bean stalker
Are you on 12.10?
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Way Too Much Ubuntu
No, 12.04.
Would you care to elaborate on this? The only version available via the PPA for precise is 16.
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.deb ff15 ??
Way Too Much Ubuntu
That would require me to install it via dpkg, which I have already said I do not want to do.
bean stalker
@Carborundum, which repo are you getting Fx from?
I'm surprised that Fx 16 is available for 12.04 so soon. Normally, 3-4 days pass before Canonical's version is pushed.
bean stalker
I've been using Firefox and Seamonkey direct with any issue. I'm also using LibreOffice direct.
I don't know what is meant by overwriting in this context.
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