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1. Upgrade to mozilla firefox latest version install#
2. Upgrade to mozilla firefox latest version update#
3. Upgrade to mozilla firefox latest version download#

Upgrade to mozilla firefox latest version update#

Method 2 : Registry update (Windows only)

Upgrade to mozilla firefox latest version install#

"Check for updates but let you choose to install them".

Upgrade to mozilla firefox latest version download#

Download Firefox from the Firefox download page to your home directory.Then install the official Mozilla one which SHOULD respect & give you options to disable the automatic updates. Alternatively you can remove Ubuntu's Firefox: sudo apt remove firefox. This is either an accidental glitch or a deliberate choice by them so you'd have to engage them to fix and/or confirm. So it appears this is 100% on Conical/whoever-makes-Ubuntu. It seems to stripe out some of the default settings likely to control the updating so only the most stable/tested version is probably installed & done automatically. This answer likely relevant to latest Ubuntu 20.04 OP updated to recently putting bounty on question (& Firefox v80`ish).įrom googling ( link 1, 2, 3) it appears Ubuntu includes a customized version of Firefox. If you are using Windows, in addition to deleting the update files, you should also disable Mozilla Maintenance service: sc config MozillaMaintenance start=disabled I know this method is stupid, but it gets the jobs done, and will work on all versions across all platforms, while the smarter ways are usually platform specific. If you are using Linux, this method will also work, I am sure you are able to find the path of the program and write a bash script similar to my cmd command, after all, you are using Linux. To be more precise, it will delete the following files: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\update-settings.iniĬ:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exeĬ:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.ini

The command lists all contents of the installation folder of firefox, which is usually "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox", and finds every file whose name contains update, and deletes all of them You need elevated cmd to do this, if you don't know how, I am sure if you Google it you will find a good method that suits you. Here is a simple cmd command that gets the job done(if you are using Windows): for /f "delims=" %i in ('dir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox" /s /b ^| find /i "update") do del "%i" /f The most efficient and most effective way, the most simple way, which ensures Firefox won't update even if Firefox somehow bypassed the registry and policy file, is to delete all files with update in its name, so Firefox would never be able to update, this method will be effective to prevent all versions of Firefox from updating.

(You can also turn any system updates off completely in that window, but I don't recommend that.) Myself I prefer the first one thus updates will never install unexpectedly, you will always have to manually trigger the update download and installation process. You probably have the last one selected - select any of the two others. There are three options: only notify about updates, automatically download (but not install) and automatically download & install. You will be able to select what your system should do with security updates (as Firefox updates are classified in that category). In the new window that appears, click again Updates tab. In your System Settings app, go to the last tab (Information) and click Updates at the bottom of that window. The Ubuntu version of Firefox has Firefox's own update mechanism removed, and Firefox is updated by generic system update tool together with all other installed packages if they need an update (that's what you'd expect from a decent package management system, wouldn't you?). I always had - and still have - to manually trigger any updates. I'm using Ubuntu (various releases) for over 10 years, and Firefox never updated automatically in background, not speaking about forced restart.