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Install Firefox 21 in Debian (Wheezy)

Posted by Infektedpc 1 week ago For me a few extensions didnt work with Icewaesle but do in Firefox even though they are supposed to be the same. (Iceweasel is Firefox without the branding) Even though you can add a newer Iceweasel it still didnt fix a thing. But for people wanting to add an updated Iceweasel to their Debian Install you can do it by the following You need to add the following entry in /etc/apt/sources.list or a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ wheezy-backports iceweasel-release

You can install it with the following commands:

$ apt-get update $ apt-get install -t wheezy-backports iceweasel

Debian doesnt provide Firefox in its official repository, so we need to install it in another way. In this method, I will show you a manual installation: how to install the real Mozilla Firefox web browser in Debian OS.

Install Firefox
1. Download Firefox Download latest version of the original Mozilla Firefox for Linux from the official Mozilla website here, and put it in the Downloads folder within your Home directory (/home/YourUserName/Downloads). . 2. Install Firefox Copy and extract Firefox archive Open Terminal, and change directory (cd) to the Downloads folder:
cd Downloads

Then run the following commands (one-by-one):

sudo cp firefox-*.tar.bz2 /opt cd /opt sudo tar -xvf firefox-*.tar.bz2 sudo rm firefox-*.tar.bz2

Create symbolic link to firefox binary Backup (move) any existing firefox bin:
sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox.backup

Create symbolic link to the real firefox binary:

sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

3. Create Firefox Application Shortcut Create symbolic links for firefox icon
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/icons/mozicon128.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/firefox.png sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/icons/mozicon128.png /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png

Create firefox.desktop file in /usr/share/applications Open gedit (or another text editor app) with root privilege:
gksu gedit /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop

Then copy-paste the following text:

[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8

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Name=Firefox Comment=Browse the World Wide Web GenericName=Web Browser X-GNOME-FullName=Firefox Web Browser Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https; StartupWMClass=Firefox-bin StartupNotify=true

Save the file (as firefox.desktop in /usr/share/applications folder)

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