FG
💻 Software

Can I convert an existing Firefox installation to ESR without a re-install?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 20269556 views
Confidence Score0%
0%

Problem

It took some jumping through hoops (including a mailing list subscription that I apparently didn't need) but I finally found where to download the Firefox ESR. This is great for fresh installs, but I was wondering if there's a way to simply convert existing installations to the ESR configuration wi…

Error Output

about:config

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: Can I convert an existing Firefox installation to ESR without a re-install?

Low Risk

ESR Builds are built separately from normal builds, even of the same version. Firefox 10.0 and Firefox ESR 10.0 and separate bundles, albeit largely identical. You may be able to drop in ESR's app.update.* config to cause the next ESR update to over…

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment