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How do I upgrade my firefox?

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Amy1
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I am using Linux. At the top of my screen right now it says that I need to upgrade my firefox. There is a button that leads me to the upgrade, so I download it. Then it shows a window that says Archive at the top of the screen and has buttons such as "Open" and "Extract." Where do I go from there? If I close out or "extract" nothing happens and it says I still need to upgrade. I have no idea what I'm doing and I need help. I looked through other questions and tried to find anwers but I haven't been able to find any. Thank you for your time.

I am using Linux. At the top of my screen right now it says that I need to upgrade my firefox. There is a button that leads me to the upgrade, so I download it. Then it shows a window that says Archive at the top of the screen and has buttons such as "Open" and "Extract." Where do I go from there? If I close out or "extract" nothing happens and it says I still need to upgrade. I have no idea what I'm doing and I need help. I looked through other questions and tried to find anwers but I haven't been able to find any. Thank you for your time.

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user633449
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Please read Update Firefox to the latest release and Install Firefox on Linux, that should guide you in installing Firefox.

Amy1
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I'm sorry, but I've already read those and they didn't help.

cor-el
cor-el
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Do you meet the system requirements to the curent Firefox version?

Make sure that you meet the System Requirements (GTK+ and GLib) for the current Firefox version.

Did you install Firefox from the Mozilla server or via the repositories of your Linux distribution?

If Firefox currently installed in a location that requires root permissions?

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