Firefox lagging behind latest version in Ubuntu 18-04
This bug report was converted into a question: question #674011: Firefox lagging behind latest version in Ubuntu 18-04.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
ubuntu 18-04
apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 59.0.2+
Candidate: 59.0.2+
Version table:
*** 59.0.2+
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Expected:
sudo apt update / full-upgrade should upgrade to latest firefox (62)
Actual:
sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://
Hit:2 http://
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Background:
- just upgraded to 18.04 from 16.04
- same problem was present in 16.04 (one of the reasons I upgraded to 18.04)
- changed download server
- could not find reference about repository, but unauthoritative reference says:
"Firefox 62 is now available on the software repositories of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: firefox 59.0.2+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
AddonCompatChec
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
BuildID: 20180406121424
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Sep 15 10:26:01 2018
DefaultProfileI
English (South Africa) Language Pack - <email address hidden>
English (GB) Language Pack - <email address hidden>
Default - {972ce4c6-
DefaultProfileP
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-16 (668 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlp2s0 proto dhcp metric 600
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp2s0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.100 metric 600
MostRecentCrashID: bp-dd16cb9b-
Profile1Incompa
English (South Africa) Language Pack - <email address hidden>
English (GB) Language Pack - <email address hidden>
Default - {972ce4c6-
Profile1Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/
Profile1PrefSou
Profiles:
Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=
Profile1 - LastVersion=
RunningIncompat
SourcePackage: firefox
SubmittedCrashIDs:
bp-dd16cb9b-
bp-aff911da-
bp-a16680cb-
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-10 (5 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 3JCN19WW
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Torronto 5C1
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0J40709 WIN
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.family: IDEAPAD
dmi.product.name: 80SV
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
Updates to Firefox are released to bionic-updates and bionic-security which you don't seem to have enabled.
You should be seeing something like this:
apt-cache policy firefox 0ubuntu0. 18.04.4 0ubuntu0. 18.04.4 0ubuntu0. 18.04.4 500 gb.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages gb.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic- security/ main amd64 Packages dpkg/status 0.2+build1- 0ubuntu1 500 gb.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
firefox:
Installed: 62.0+build2-
Candidate: 62.0+build2-
Version table:
*** 62.0+build2-
500 http://
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
59.
500 http://
Enable those two repositories (in Software & Updates on the Updates tab) and you should receive an update to Firefox.