Firefox update [solved]

[Bleke]

Hello. My Firefox says it's critically out of date. When I check the version in the Firefox "about" window it says 57.0, but when I check in the terminal it says 60.0.1.

Any idea why there is such a discrepancy?

Some info about my system:

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bleke@Beleth ~ $ inxi -S
System:    Host: Beleth Kernel: 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7
           Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia


bleke@Beleth ~ $ inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
           deb http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/linuxmint.com/packages sylvia main upstream import backport
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ xenial partner


bleke@Beleth ~ $ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for bleke: 
Ign:1 http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/linuxmint.com/packages sylvia InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease          
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease             
Hit:4 http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/linuxmint.com/packages sylvia Release                       
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease        
Hit:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease        
Reading package lists... Done  


bleke@Beleth ~ $ sudo apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
firefox is already the newest version (60.0.1+linuxmint1+sylvia).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

[xenopeek]

I'd guess you have installed Firefox 57 manually. Try opening your menu editor and editing the Firefox menu launcher to see what its command is. Is it /usr/bin/firefox or does it point to something else?

[Bleke]

No, I haven't installed anything manually yet. I only began using Mint two days ago.

I thought about installing manually when Firefox offered to download the latest version, but decided to try apt-get instead.

The launcher command is firefox %u


....


Now that I check the "about" window again, Firefox reports version 60.0.1. Weird. What has happened between now and my previous post is that I had a hard crash while browsing through the keyboard shortcut settings. All input froze for about ten minutes, then the screen turned black. After rebooting I have an up-to-date version of Firefox. Wow. Magic!

Thank you for your help xenopeek. I don't know how, but I'm sure it helped somehow!

[xenopeek]

Ah. Did you perhaps update Firefox while it was running? New version doesn't become active till you restart Firefox.

[Bleke]

Yes. I think I did close all windows after the update, but I may be mistaken about that.

Or perhaps a background task was lingering without me noticing it. Anyway, problem solved!

[Moem]

Anyway, problem solved!

Cool! Please mark the topic as SOLVED, my signature will tell you how. Thanks!

[Bleke]

Looks like the thread marked itself as solved without my intervention. More magic!

[AZgl1800]

as a side note, my Win7 desktop is setup to be very restricted user.
it is on 24/7.... Firefox can't update automatically, I have to do it manually "as an administrator"

[karlchen]

Looks like the thread marked itself as solved without my intervention. More magic!

No magic. Have a look at the lines right below the initial post:

Last edited by karlchen on 22 May 2018 23:42, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Marked as [solved], because bleke confirmed that the issue has been resolved here: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=269883#p1472678

[Bleke]

You're the guy who likes to tell children that there is no Santa, aren't you?

Thanks for the service!

[karlchen]

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Split HunteR's post into a new thread Firefox stuck on v58.0, because it is about a different problem, having a different cause and a different solution.
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