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upgrade without package manager

The Debian Firefox packages available are only 115.6. Thought it would be nice to have the latest. Grabbed all the dependencies according to the Mozilla web site. Instal… (read more)

The Debian Firefox packages available are only 115.6. Thought it would be nice to have the latest. Grabbed all the dependencies according to the Mozilla web site.

Installed Firefox 121.0 as root and placed folder into /opt, as instructed. Went through all the settings and imported my bookmarks.

Now there is a 121.0.1 upgrade available but my browser won't automagically install the upgrade. Says click here to download. So I do. I get the entire tar.bz2 bundle, which creates a full directory structure, as if I was starting over.

Can I just move a few files from that into the existing /opt/firefox directory to get the upgrade? If so, which ones?

Or, can I move few files from the existing directory into the new version, and replace the whole lot? If so, which ones?

Thanks in advance.

Asked by Scottzzz 3 months ago

Last reply by zeroknight 3 months ago

Just migrated emails from Internode to The messaging company, how to get Thunderbird active again?

Internode have stopped providing email services, and are using The Messaging Company. I want to re-estiblish my Thunderbird account that I was using previously. Can someo… (read more)

Internode have stopped providing email services, and are using The Messaging Company. I want to re-estiblish my Thunderbird account that I was using previously. Can someone explain (simply please) how to re-activate? Many thanks Sue

Asked by lagoon1 4 months ago

Last reply by david 4 months ago

Moving Thunderbird to a New Computer via Copying the Old C: Partition to the New Computer C: Partition

I know there are instructions on how to copy certain folders from the old computer to the new one, but I have a slightly different question. I removed the hard drive fro… (read more)

I know there are instructions on how to copy certain folders from the old computer to the new one, but I have a slightly different question. I removed the hard drive from the old computer and have it in a case where I can now attach the old drive via a USB connection, to the new computer. If I were to copy the entire C: partition from the old computer to the new one, would that take care of getting all the Thunderbird folders where they need to be on the new computer? I pretty much need to do this anyway for all my other non-Thunderbird folders.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Stew

Asked by Stew Gitlin 3 months ago

Last reply by david 3 months ago

In order to update my iOS my firefox was deleted from apps. I just reinstalled but my bookmarks are gone.

Is there a way for me to retrieve my bookmarks? They have followed me through several macbooks, and reinstallations and this is the first time they've gone missing. … (read more)

Is there a way for me to retrieve my bookmarks? They have followed me through several macbooks, and reinstallations and this is the first time they've gone missing.

Asked by Michael Goldfarb 3 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 months ago

Can’t get Thunderbird -password problems meant that my last email in was 11Oct 2022

I have had thunderbird for years and donated. I had a password request in late 2022 which failed so my last inbox item was11/Oct 2022. I would very much like to recover m… (read more)

I have had thunderbird for years and donated. I had a password request in late 2022 which failed so my last inbox item was11/Oct 2022. I would very much like to recover my system for Geoffrey@dunard.uk

Asked by Geoffrey13 2 months ago

Last reply by Matt 2 months ago

Thunderbird versions need to show which addons are available!

I have been trying to update Thunderbird from V52 for a long time., Last time I tried, the add-ons I need were randomly only available for different versions, and hardly … (read more)

I have been trying to update Thunderbird from V52 for a long time., Last time I tried, the add-ons I need were randomly only available for different versions, and hardly any of them were available for the latest version. After several days trawling through finding replacement add-ons trawling through hundreds of 20 per page lists and checking each add-on's versions history for compatibility , I gave up. Is there a simpler way to do this? There used to be pages of add ons for each version, no link for that anymore that I can see. Thunderbird would be a lot more popular if updates listed addons they made incompatible. Any ideas anyone?

Asked by Piecevcake (2) 4 months ago

Last reply by david 4 months ago

Add-ons in Firefox on Windows 11

I'm a recent reluctant user of Windows 11. I can't get Firefox configured the way I like it on the new Windows 11 machine. Every single time I try to find an extension,… (read more)

I'm a recent reluctant user of Windows 11. I can't get Firefox configured the way I like it on the new Windows 11 machine. Every single time I try to find an extension, I get a message "Gah. Your tab just crashed." I've tried the Restore This Tab option to no avail.

I uninstalled Fx, downloaded a fresh copy (using Edge, ugh) and installed it. I get the same result.

I had Fx running on the Win 11 machine, before I foolishly accepted an upgrade that took me to Win 11. I suspect that there might be a corrupted Profile or other vestige of that Firefox installation that is causing problems. (Or, because I used Edge to download MSofat hacked me.)

Can someone please tell me how to find and remove all vestiges of Firefox? I want to get back to a fresh slate and try again.

I'm posting this from my old and slowly dying HP laptop running Windows 10. Fx runs here, but the system is slower than Christmas to a 9-yo.

TIA

Asked by rabbit 3 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 months ago

Gmail will not authorize my 3 gmail accounts to set up in Thunderbird

Had to wipe old Win 11 due to corruption. When setting up from scratch, I use 3 gmail accounts. However when I downloaded Tbird, trying to set up myt 3 gmail account… (read more)

Had to wipe old Win 11 due to corruption. When setting up from scratch, I use 3 gmail accounts. However when I downloaded Tbird, trying to set up myt 3 gmail accounts, Gmail will NOT authorize Tbird. I have tried all advice that I've seen on forums and on YouTubes. None work. Contacting Gmail is impossible. Forums are not providing any solutions. Does anyone have a proven fix? I appreciate your help. Thank you.

Asked by Lars 4 months ago

Last reply by christ1 4 months ago

cannot download copy of firefox - expired chrome blocks it

cannot download firefox browser because I have an expired chrome browser that I'm supposed to delete first - However - have tried a dozen or so ways to do just that - or… (read more)

cannot download firefox browser because I have an expired chrome browser that I'm supposed to delete first -

However - have tried a dozen or so ways to do just that - or so it appears and still cannot download the

firefox browser and after much frustrated key pounding find evidence chrome is not really deleted - help losing

my mind - I'm 77 years old and not computer literate but not senile either - i hope

Asked by sargeantsmith@juno.com 3 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 months ago

issue while account setup in thunderbird

Getting an error while setting up the Thunderbird account Near Authentication if we select the Auto Detect option I can't move forward because the done option is not get… (read more)

Getting an error while setting up the Thunderbird account Near Authentication if we select the Auto Detect option I can't move forward because the done option is not getting high-lited if i click on retest it is getting error

Please find the attachments

Asked by SRH Global 3 months ago

Last reply by sfhowes 3 months ago