In this tutorial we will show you how to install Mozilla Firefox on Linux Mint 19. For those of you who didn’t know, Firefox is the default web browser in a number of Linux distributions. Firefox comes preinstalled in Linux Mint unless you are using Linux mint minimal version. Some of the outstanding features in this release are the new Firefox Privacy Protection Report and a secure password generation with Lockwise.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Firefox web browser on a Linux Mint 19 (Tricia) server.
Install Mozilla Firefox on Linux Mint 19
Step 1. Before running the tutorial below, it’s important to make sure your system is up to date by running these following apt commands in the terminal:
1 | sudoaptupdate |
To install snappy on Linux Mint, following it command:
1 | sudoaptinstallsnapdsnapd-xdg-open |
To install Mozilla Firefox run following command in the terminal:
1 | sudosnapinstallfirefox |
Once installed, We verify the installation and check the version of Mozilla Firefox using following command:
1 | firefox--version |
Now launch the firefox browser by visiting Activities -> type “mozilla firefox” or run following command in the terminal:
1 | firefox |
Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Mozilla Firefox. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Firefox browser in Linux Mint 19 Tricia systems. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Mozilla Firefox website.
