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How do I update firefox on ubuntu 16.04 LTS please help

Nico
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i found a solution

i visited mozilla website and downloaded the latest version of firefox

extracted the .tar.bz2

typed this command in terminal sudo apt-get remove firefox

runned the firefox executable

and this solved the problem :)

Nico
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    You should not need to do this, the latest version of Firefox (57) is available in Ubuntu, you just need to update it through the software updater. Using a version downloaded from Mozilla directly will not get automatic updates with the rest of the system. – Jonas Czech Jan 02 '18 at 16:35