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How To Install Firefox Browser on Ubuntu 22.04|20.04

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How To Install Firefox Browser on Ubuntu 22.04|20.04

Firefox 94 was released recently by Mozilla with more performance improvements, better battery life and more focus on users’ privacy. This is the latest version of the popular open-source browser available for installation on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Some of the outstanding feature in this release is the Colorways, a new feature that allows our users to express their most authentic selves and to bring them joy while browsing the web.

See detailed features article on the Mozilla blog website. This guide will only discuss the installation of Firefox on Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint Desktop Linux operating systems.

You can install Firefox on Ubuntu from APT repository or by manual download of .deb package and installing from it.

Install Firefox Browser on Ubuntu 22.04|20.04

The latest version of Firefox browser – Firefox is available from Ubuntu22.04|20.04 updates repository.

Update APT index.

sudo apt update

Confirm that Firefox is available for installation.

# Ubuntu 20.04
$ sudo apt policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 94.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  Version table:
     94.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 500
        500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages
     75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages

# Ubuntu 22.04
$ sudo apt policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 94.0+build3-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
   94.0+build3-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages

To install Firefox on Ubuntu / Linux Mint Desktop OS, run the following command.

sudo apt install firefox

Confirm status to be installed for the version of Firefox we checked earlier.

$ sudo apt policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 94.0+build3-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 94.0+build3-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 94.0+build3-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jkmutai@ubuntu22:~$

You can then launch Firefox browser on your Ubuntu22.04|20.04 machine and enjoy safe and faster browsing experience.

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