Recently (23 November 2017) Abrowser 57 has been arrived at Trisquel 8 repository. Abrowser 57 is a modification of Firefox Quantum for Trisquel users. This article explains step by step to upgrade Abrowser on Trisquel 8 "Flidas". If, after upgrading to v57 you dislike it, you can downgrade Abrowser back to v56 with downgrade section below. Enjoy!
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Warning Before Upgrading
Firefox Quantum (version 57) is not compatible anymore with many of previous versions' (v56 backwards) addons. Today (29 November 2017) I can confirm --for example-- DownThemAll! addon is not working. So please consider it by testing Abrowser v57 on LiveCD before upgrading.
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| Legacy Extensions, the addons that are not working at Abrowser v57/Firefox Quantum |
Check Version
$ apt-cache policy abrowser
If your system "repo map" is old, then, you don't see version 57 there. The '***' is the sign of installed version. If that so, you need to Reload the repo map.
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| Only v56, whereas v57 is already available at server |
Reload
$ sudo apt-get update
Check Version Again
$ apt-cache policy abrowser
Now, you should see version 57 there. That means the newest version available for your Trisquel 8. See the v57 is now atop of '***' sign, meaning, there is a new version for Abrowser.
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| Showing that v57 is available (v57 is the Candidate:) |
Upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install abrowser
That command will upgrade your Abrowser to v57. You will lost the previously installed version.
Run Abrowser v57
Run Abrowser from desktop menu. Done!
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| Abrowser 57 |
Downgrade to v56
If you dislike v57, you can remove it and install back the old v56 from Trisquel 7 "Belenos" repo.
$ echo 'deb http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/trisquel.packages belenos-updates main' | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo apt-get update
$ apt-cache policy abrowser
$ sudo apt-get install abrowser=56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2+7.0trisquel49
$ sudo sed -i '/belenos-updates/d' /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo apt-get update
More Info
- https://trisquel.info/en/forum/quantum-kicks-ass
- https://trisquel.info/en/forum/firefox-and-abrowser
- https://trisquel.info/en/forum/how-abrowser-different-firefox
- devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/blob/belenos/helpers/make-firefox (source code)
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