Firefox Updates Anyway?
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I have been helping him out with this. When I change the channel-prefs.js file on my Ubuntu 14.04 system (same setup that he is using), mine no longer asks me to update.
The scripted commands he gave above are exactly the way that I did it on my system. This is done in the /opt/firefox/31.0/defaults/pref/channel-prefs.js
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And on your test system you are using the same FF version? FF could vary between versions.
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@Lakshmana We haven't got that far yet. We are still trying to get it to not automatically update for you. I will be back in the office again on Monday.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@StrongBad said:
FF could vary between versions.
another reason this is a bad idea
If they get it to work with a single version it should be okay. If v31 locks and that is what he wants to use, it should be consistent.
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@StrongBad Yepp.
apt-get autoremove firefox
Completely uninstalls the version of firefox and all associated addons that ships with it, right?
Then I am using the same tar.bz2 file that he is from a web site (I'll have to look up the URL, but I can get it if you want it).
On my system, it does not prompt me to update at all. It does however, still let me go in and manually update. I am looking into ways to hide that button, as I know it can be done.
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@dafyre said:
@StrongBad Yepp.
apt-get autoremove firefox
Completely uninstalls the version of firefox and all associated addons that ships with it, right?
It should.
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@StrongBad Just doing a sanity check on that command --thanks. His boss seems to think that it does not uninstall the default version of Firefox that ships with Ubuntu.
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That his boss thinks that it does not, suggests that it does. Based on other "his boss" information that we have seen.
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@scottalanmiller I have noticed this trend. So I was assuming my command is right. Now @Lakshmana has 3 additional IT guys to back him up if his boss says that command doesn't completely uninstall Firefox.
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Now if only one of those three actually tested it, lol. Or @Lakshmana could test it and demonstrate to his boss that it is gone very easily.
