When you installed Firefox ESR from the stable channel in Ubuntu
Software you were installing the application packaged as a snap. The
Software Updater and apt or apt-get commands cannot be used to manage
snaps which is why you have not been offered an update.
However, when snaps are installed from the stable channel they are
automatically updated. An update check runs periodically n the
background. If you run the command
snap info firefox
in a terminal you will see a list of available snaps and the date they
were released. The last line shows the version that is installed. You
can force an update with the command
sudo snap refresh firefox
If no updates are available then an appropriate message is displayed.
The latest version of Firefox ESR available is 60.8.0esr-1 which was
released on 8th July.
Please confirm that this is the version that is currently running on
each of your machines.
** Tags added: bionic
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838199
Title:
Firefox ESR in esr/stable channel is never updated by Ubuntu
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Hi,
I am encountering a severe issue on several Ubuntu 18.04.2 machines
where I have replaced Firefox by Firefox ESR through "Ubuntu Software
Center" by selecting esr/stable channel as described in
https://ubuntu.com/blog/firefox-esr-60-on-ubuntu
After being installed, Firefox ESR is working as expected but it is
never updated.
I mean Firefox ESR is detecting that a new version is available when starting.
Even "Ubuntu Software Center" shows a newer version exists.
But when I run either
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
or "Software Updater",
Ubuntu is never updating the Firefox ESR.
I have reproduced this on 3 different machines running Ubuntu 18.04.2.
I am not sure if it is the right place to submit this problem report.
Are you aware of this issue ?
Thanks
Kind regards
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