👊 On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 5:49 AM piorunz <pior...@gmx.com> wrote:
> My new manual - put together thanks to you guys here on this mailing > list. Thanks to all of you 😍. Now I run newest Thunderbird, and newest > Firefox ESR, both with firejail just like before. I will wait for Debian > versions to appear, I keep them installed, but I won't hold my breath. > My TB & Fx are safe now, without dozens of security vulnerabilities open. > > ----- > How to download & maintain new Firefox ESR & Thunderbird (from Mozilla): > > Shutdown both TB & Fx. Backup their profiles now: > cp -r .mozilla .mozilla-debian > cp -r .thunderbird .thunderbird-debian > > cd /usr/bin > sudo mv thunderbird thunderbird.bak > sudo mv firefox firefox.bak > > From now, Debian ESR versions are unavailable. You can restore them by > moving /usr/bin/firefox.bak to /usr/bin/firefox (and same with > thunderbird) and restoring their old profiles, as older version won't > read profile modified by newer version. > > Run instructions below each time there is new upstream version of > Firefox or Thunderbird: > /cd opt > sudo wget -O firefox.tar.bz2 > " > https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-esr-latest&os=linux64&lang=en-GB > " > sudo tar vxf firefox.tar.bz2 > sudo rm firefox.tar.bz2 > sudo ln -fs /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/ > > sudo wget -O thunderbird.tar.bz2 > " > https://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-latest&os=linux64&lang=en-GB > " > sudo tar vxf thunderbird.tar.bz2 > sudo rm thunderbird.tar.bz2 > sudo ln -fs /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/ > > On first thunderbird launch, run it via "thunderbird -P" instead of > clicking your usual shortcut, because it creates empty profile by > default, you don't need that, you want your old profile selected as > default and loaded each time. > > -- > With kindest regards, Piotr. > > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ > ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ > >
