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Is Firefox compatible with the Raspbian operating system?

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I got a new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B running Raspbian and I want to install Firefox on it.

Only problem is that I don't know if it's compatible with this specific OS. Does anyone know about it's compatibility with this OS because I don't really want Chromium.

Thanks, CoolPlaysGaming.

I got a new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B running Raspbian and I want to install Firefox on it. Only problem is that I don't know if it's compatible with this specific OS. Does anyone know about it's compatibility with this OS because I don't really want Chromium. Thanks, CoolPlaysGaming.

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Not the current Release version which is Firefox 58 - since Firefox 55 there has been a problem. But this says the ESR 52 version (Extended Support Release) should work.

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/75463/firefox-57-on-a-raspberry-pi

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the-edmeister said

Not the current Release version which is Firefox 58 - since Firefox 55 there has been a problem. But this says the ESR 52 version (Extended Support Release) should work. https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/75463/firefox-57-on-a-raspberry-pi

OK. I'll try it.

Edit: (if there is one) Could someone give me a libk to a reliable, virus-free download?

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the-edmeister said

Try this - right from Mozilla: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

It didn't work with either 64 or 32-bit. (I extracted the files, then ran firefox.exe. Both normally, and in the terminal.)

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Raspbian is a debian clone, you can't run .exe files on linux. You'd have to install ESR for Linux

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Tyler Downer said

Raspbian is a debian clone, you can't run .exe files on linux. You'd have to install ESR for Linux

You can download the ESR version from here (should you want to) :

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

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You will need a (third-party) Firefox version that runs on ARM.

  • bug 1254933 - Provide instructions for how to install Firefox for Raspberry PI

(please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html
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