#UNINSTALL MOZILLA FIREFOX UBUNTU INSTALL#
The message was saying their was some flaw in it and recommended to download and install a newer version of Firefox. He wrote more than 7k+ posts and helped numerous readers to master IT topics. Hi, a while back I installed Firefox version 0.9 ( I think ) and it ran well until I started getting messages from the mozilla web site when ever starting Firefox.
Can I get rid of it, if so then how Firefox is the default browser for Ubuntu and many of the other flavors of Ubuntu (such as Ubuntu MATE).If you ever decided to uninstall it or accidentally deleted it, then follow the instructions below to put it back on your. It was default back in Ubuntu 10.04 (and 10.10). Warning for inexperienced Linux users: stick to the Firefox version included with your Linux distribution Firefox can be installed or uninstalled through the. Vivek Gite is the founder of nixCraft, the oldest running blog about Linux and open source. Most of the Linux distributions provides some kind of package manager utility. Please note that you can apply above procedure to other Mozilla products such as Mozilla Browser and email client. $ mv ~/.mozilla/firefox ~/.mozilla/firefox.old Setup Gecko Driver For Ubuntu: Open Terminal. Just rename a ~/.mozilla/firefox directory Setup Gecko Driver For Windows: Extract the zip file and move the geckodiver.exe executable file to any location which is already in Path variable (For Example you can move it to Python path location) Unless add the path of geckodriver.exe to the Path variable. Now try to start Firefox ~/.mozilla/firefox directory is corrupted while updating or installing an extension Theres a getting started guide on Mozillas web developer site.
#UNINSTALL MOZILLA FIREFOX UBUNTU HOW TO#
If a process is running, kill it by typing: You will also learn how to install the Firefox Developer Edition alongside your normal. This may happen due to two following reasons:Ī) Mozilla Firefox may be running and it is not responding at allī) ~/.mozilla directory is corrupted while updating or installing an extension Mozilla Firefox may be running and it is not responding at allįirst see if Firefox is running or not by typing following command: