Hi. On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 06:12:12AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Reco composed on 2018-11-17 13:45 (UTC+0300): > > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 05:36:25AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > >> I knew 52.9 was released upstream in June, so I kept trying June archive > >> dates > >> and stopped when I found one containing 52.9. Upstream release bz2 that I > >> previously wgeted turned out to be dated 25 June. > > > The problem is - version 52.6.0 haven't made it into the "main" that date. > > They uploaded it into the "updates/main". Yes, these are different. > > Hence the suggestion to use a later date. > > > I believe I have a way to simplify things here: > > > cd /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > > wget > > https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb > > > apt install ./firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb > > > Note that this syntax of "apt install" does more than "dpkg -i stuff", > > dependency resolution in particular. > > # apt install ./firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb > ... > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > firefox-esr : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27) but 2.24-11+deb9u3 is to be installed
That's buster's firefox. You won't be able to install this package without turning your installation to testing. I suggest you to try a more recent date. Reco
