I need to install old firefox 57 so I can use my listen on repeat app. Won't work in quantum firefox. Trouble is I have NEVER understood how to extract tar files. Instructions from any site just don't ring my bell. Any suggestions. I'm using ubuntu 18.04.
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The tar command for an old firefox would look something like tar -vxf . Expand the older version of firefox into some directory within your id (NOT anything under /usr). Copy all scripts from the current firefox directory into your replacement firefox directory (there are either one or two). After setting aside the current firefox , which is at /usr/lib/firefox move in your older version but, before you do, things under /usr/lib should be root owned and grouped prior to setting in place.
Use chgrp -R root firefox and chown -R root firefox to set the right permissions before moving the old firefox in place. These last two examples assume you are in your personal area where the older firefox was 'tarred to'.
This answer could be taken as a guide, it is not a cookbook solution.
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