
Also, we can access it using the Ubuntu application launcher bar or directly access it using the applications listing.
Now, Firefox should ideally be present in our system Activities/Dock panel.
Then, the Mozilla Firefox browser will be installed on our system. After that, the process of the installation will start that will be showing a progress bar. We need to enter our password and press the button, i.e., Authenticate. Press on the button, i.e., Install to start the process of installation.Īn authentication dialog box will show for us to give our authentication details because an authorized user can only install the software in Ubuntu. We will find Firefox in the search results. Press on the search icon and type firefox within the search bar. We need to select the icon, i.e., Ubuntu Software on the Activities toolbar of our Ubuntu desktop. Installing Firefox using the Ubuntu Software Manager with Snap Storeįor a user who doesn't want to use the terminal window much, installing any software available in the repository of Ubuntu from the UI is very easy. The third command will install the Firefox browser. The second command will update the repositories. The first command will add a repository for a developer release. To see the currently installed version of Firefox, we need to open the command line terminal and enter the following command: All hackers exploit the vulnerabilities of our browser to attack our system and steal important data, so it's very necessary for us to keep our browser updated. We use many web browsers to maintain the social networks for online banking. The web browser is arguably the most essential software piece on our system. We might get a previous version of Firefox because of this difference from the default installation. Both Ubuntu and Firefox use different release and update cycles. However, the latest Firefox version is used while the installation disk of Ubuntu is compiled, it must be updated after the installation process. Firefox is a default browser on Ubuntu.Īlso, it gets installed while Ubuntu is installed. Firefox must be kept up to date for minimizing the security risk. In older versions known security bugs might give attention to hackers to break the system security. Accessing the internet using the older Firefox version involves various security risks.