why does antix 19 still have firefox 78.15?

[Member blackwood]

should i stick to it or download latest esr from firefox website?

[Moderator BobC]

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Mine says 91.4.1 esr 64 bit

Have you updated packages recently?

If not, run Menu > Applications > antiX > antiX Updater

[Member seaken64]

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My antiX-19.4 32-bit install has 78.13 and a candidate for upgrade to 78.15.

Probably because antiX-19 is based on Debian Buster Stable.

I would be careful using the Firefox website version. Make sure to do some in-depth research before doing that. Maybe get some feed-back from some others who have done it.

You could try upgrading to “testing” or “Sid” repos. But if you are not really geeky that may lead to other problems. If you do that use a separate partition and keep your working system untouched.

Best is to upgrade to antiX-21, which is based on Debian Bullseye Stable. Some here have upgrade from an install of 19. But I did not do that. I installed antiX-21 from scratch. I backed up my /home folder and then re-installed what I needed. Seems to be less troubles to track down by starting with a fresh install.

Seaken64

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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You should wait until Debian security updates it.
Strangely, firefox-esr in Stretch (antiX-17) is 91.4.1esr-1

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[Member blackwood]

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ok thank you

[Member sybok]

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If you believe that your system’s version is old and you browse sites which you suspect represent a security risk, then you may indeed download new version, unpack and browse from the directory.
This has been already discussed in https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/split-firefox-getting-newer-versions/ .

[Member seaken64]

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Thanks @sybok. That is what I was referring to. It’s good to double-check with others who have done it before plunging in.

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