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The Easiest Way to Install a GUI Desktop for Ubuntu Server 22.04 VPS with VNC Setup for Re

May 19, 2023

If your desktop does not come with the latest Firefox browser pre-installed, then you have to follow this guide to install Firefox properly.

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wget -O firefox.tar.bz2 "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=linux64&lang=en-US" -P ~/Downloads

(It will download the file directly to the ~/Downloads folder)

cd ~/Downloads (Go to the folder where the download has been saved)

tar xjf firefox.tar.bz2 (Extract the contents of the downloaded file)

sudo mv firefox /opt (Move the uncompressed Firefox folder to /opt)

sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox (Create a symlink to the Firefox executable)

sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla/sumo-kb/main/install-firefox-linux/firefox.desktop -P /usr/local/share/applications (Download a copy of the desktop file)

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Information source: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-from-your-distribution-package-manager-recommended

After these steps, Firefox should be installed on your system, and you should be able to launch it from the terminal by typing Firefox or from your applications menu.

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Finally, reboot the system with: sudo reboot.

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2nd Way- Alternative way of installing Firefox:

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snap remove --purge firefox (This command will remove the pre-installed Firefox Snap package)

sudo apt remove --autoremove firefox (Completely remove firefox old files)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa

sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/99mozillateamppa (Copy following code in Nano Editor Window)

<!--------------Code Start----------------->

Package: firefox*

Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam

Pin-Priority: 501

Package: firefox*

Pin: release o=Ubuntu

Pin-Priority: -1

<!--------------Code End------------------>

sudo apt install -t 'o=LP-PPA-mozillateam' firefox (Install Firefox from PPA)

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Now firefox should be installed successfully. If needed then run reboot.

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