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====== Manually Install Firefox ======

Download Firefox from this page: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release

Open a terminal and go to the folder where your download has been saved. For example:

<code bash>
cd ~/Downloads
</code>

Extract the contents of the downloaded file by typing:

<code bash>
tar xjf firefox-*.tar.bz2
</code>

The following commands must be executed as root, or preceded by sudo.

Move the uncompressed Firefox folder to /opt:

<code bash>
mv firefox /opt
</code>

Create a symlink to the Firefox executable:

<code bash>
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox
</code>

Download a copy of the desktop file:

<WRAP prewrap>
<code bash>
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla/sumo-kb/main/install-firefox-linux/firefox.desktop -P /usr/local/share/applications
</code>
</WRAP>