Firefox Version Switching?

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Hi,

I am new and I have a question regarding Firefox.
When I started with Manjaro, I had the Firefox for Arch Version. Then I got an update and I had the Firefox for Manjaro Linux Version. And since today, I got again the Firefox for Arch Version.
Is this a normal behavior?

Another question. According to Arch’s packages page, version 106.0.3 (and now 106.0.4) has been around for a while. But I still have version 106.0.2 (Firefox for Arch) and get no update.
Is this possibly related to the above mentioned situation?

Thanks for your feedback!

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Arch is currently at 106.0.4
and Manjaro stable might be a few days or even weeks behind

Manjaro stable delays updates in order to test things - or rather: having them tested by the users :wink:

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That is just a line in distribution.ini:

about=Mozilla Firefox for Arch Linux

You can change it if you desire.

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We normally import Firefox from Arch. However, when it says Firefox for Manjaro, that means I built it from source for the testing and/or stable branch. That’s normally only done when there are important security fixes and/or bug fixes. With 106.0.4-1, it did not require a rebuild so I was able to push it to all branches.

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Thanks a lot to you all for the information. This really helped me :+1:
And I was wondering why sometimes Arch and sometimes Manjaro :joy:

Another question: Is it possible to install the test/unstable version of Firefox in the stable Manjaro or do I have to switch to an unstable branch?

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You could always install Firefox Developer Edition (basically the latest beta) alongside your current Firefox.

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I meant the version that the Manjaro team tests before distributing to all users.
For example: Version 106.0.3 is currently available but the Manjaro-Team is testing the new update 106.0.4.
And this I mean: If it is possible to get this “test version”.

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I think you’d probably need to switch branches to get that.

Or you could always install firefox-bin from aur.

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How do you figure? Have you checked for updates lately? I pushed 106.0.4 to testing and stable over 24 hours ago. :wink:

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I’m on testing and still only on 106.0.3. Maybe the mirror hasn’t got updated yet?

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Apparently. Refresh your mirrors.

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Yep, that’s done it. Thanks a lot.

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Thanks to you all.
Refreshing the mirrors really helped me, now I also have the new version :grinning:

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