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Hi Brian and the rest of the mailing list:<br>
<br>
Aptitude is basically a frontend (also provides different features)
for the apt structure, so you can run that same command with apt, if
you wanted to.<br>
<br>
~$ sudo apt hold firefox-esr<br>
<br>
HOWEVER, for your use-case I would probably approach this
differently.<br>
<br>
Since you want to stick to a super old version for add-on
compatiability reasons, I would probably just install the .deb file
for firefox esr 52.9. This should help freeze firefox without having
to hold anything. Though the thought of running a year old firefox
just makes me cringe. <br>
<br>
Which add-on isn't compatible?<br>
<br>
Here is how to install firefox esr 52.9 from the .deb files. Keep in
mind I don't include any troubleshooting tips, so if you run into
problems, then you will want to let me (or the mailing-list) know.
Also, I tested this on KDE Neon (18.04)<br>
<br>
Step Zero: Download everything that you need.<br>
<br>
Firefox ESR 52.9:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/firefox-esr/+build/15059457/+files/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1~14.04.york0_amd64.deb">https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/firefox-esr/+build/15059457/+files/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1~14.04.york0_amd64.deb</a><br>
libevent-2.0-5:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-2.0-5_2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb">http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-2.0-5_2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb</a><br>
libhunspell-1.3-0:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/h/hunspell/libhunspell-1.3-0_1.3.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb">http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/h/hunspell/libhunspell-1.3-0_1.3.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb</a><br>
libjsoncpp0:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libj/libjsoncpp/libjsoncpp0_0.6.0~rc2-3.1_amd64.deb">http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libj/libjsoncpp/libjsoncpp0_0.6.0~rc2-3.1_amd64.deb</a><br>
libvpx3:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx3_1.5.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb">http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx3_1.5.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb</a><br>
<br>
Here is how you can easily download this in the terminal. Copy and
paste the whole line:<br>
<br>
<blockquote>mkdir firefox-esr_52-9_all-deb ; cd
firefox-esr_52-9_all-deb ; wget
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/firefox-esr/+build/15059457/+files/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1~14.04.york0_amd64.deb">https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/firefox-esr/+build/15059457/+files/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1~14.04.york0_amd64.deb</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-2.0-5_2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb">http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-2.0-5_2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/h/hunspell/libhunspell-1.3-0_1.3.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb">http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/h/hunspell/libhunspell-1.3-0_1.3.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libj/libjsoncpp/libjsoncpp0_0.6.0~rc2-3.1_amd64.deb">http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libj/libjsoncpp/libjsoncpp0_0.6.0~rc2-3.1_amd64.deb</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx3_1.5.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb">http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx3_1.5.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb</a>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Step 1: remove firefox (without removing your existing profile).<br>
<blockquote>sudo apt remove firefox* iceweasel*<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
Step 1.5: If you receive this error, dpkg-divert: error: 'diversion
of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.real by firefox-esr' clashes
with 'diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/_neon.firefox by
neon-settings'<br>
Then run this:<br>
<blockquote>sudo dpkg-divert --remove /usr/bin/firefox<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Step 2: change directories and install firefox-esr with the
dependencies<br>
<blockquote>sudo dpkg -i lib*
firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1~14.04.york0_amd64.deb<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
At this point you should be able to use firefox ESR 52.9.<br>
<br>
I reached out to the IRC channel #newbies on irc.mozilla.org and no
one replied to me, so that PPA is the only place I was able to
download the .deb file.<br>
<br>
You can compile from source, however, I think you still need the
other 4 libs.<br>
Link to the source files,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/52.9.0esr/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-52.9.0esr.tar.bz2">https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/52.9.0esr/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-52.9.0esr.tar.bz2</a><br>
<br>
Also, I wrote a blog post on this.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.abqlug.com/tutorials/how-to-install-firefox-esr-52-9-on-ubuntu-18-04/">https://www.abqlug.com/tutorials/how-to-install-firefox-esr-52-9-on-ubuntu-18-04/</a><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Jared<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/24/19 4:35 PM, Brian O'Keefe
wrote:<br>
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<p>Thanks! Yes, I did mean dist-upgrade and thanks for catching
that. I will give your instructions a try. I may use a virtual
machine to be sure I know what I'm doing. I am used to apt and
apt-get and the command line.</p>
<p>Ciao</p>
<p>Brian<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/24/19 3:33 PM, Akkana Peck
wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Brian O'Keefe writes:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""> I'd like to run "apt dist-update" but I don't want to upgrade FF as I'm
using FF52 ESR as any newer version doesn't support some add-ons I want
to keep. Hence I never upgrade it though if the add-ons maintainers
adapt to the new FF I certainly will too.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I'm assuming you mean dist-upgrade, since dist-update isn't a valid
apt command (at least on my system, it says Invalid operation).
You can tell apt to "hold" a package, so it won't install a new
version on top of what you already have:
sudo aptitude hold firefox-esr
(or whatever the package name is that you want to hold.
Apparently you can also use sudo apt-mark hold firefox-esr,
if you don't have aptitude installed, though personally I've only
set holds with aptitude.
You should probably hold all the firefox-esr-related packages
you have installed, so get a list with
aptitude search firefox-esr | grep '^i'
or
apt list --installed 'firefox-esr*'
to see if you need to hold any additional packages.
I don't know for sure that any of this will work with the GUI
update manager you're using, but it works for apt-get dist-upgrade
from the command line.
You can see your held packages with
aptitude search '~ahold'
...Akkana
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