FIREFOX

Section: firefox-esr (ESR)
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NAME

firefox-esr - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

 

SYNOPSIS

firefox-esr [OPTIONS] [URL]

/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr [OPTIONS] [URL]

 

DESCRIPTION

Firefox ESR is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.

 

USAGE

If there is an Firefox ESR browser already running, firefox-esr will arrange for it to create a new browser window; otherwise it will start a new instance.

 

OPTIONS

A summary of the options supported by firefox-esr is included below.

 

X11 options

--display=DISPLAY
X display to use
--sync
Make X calls synchronous
--no-xshm
Don't use X shared memory extension
--xim-preedit=STYLE
--xim-status=STYLE
--g-fatal-warnings
Make all warnings fatal

 

Mozilla options

-h, -help
Show summary of options.
-v, -version
Print Firefox ESR version.
-P [profile]
Start with profile. When no profile is given, displays the Profile Manager. May require -no-remote, see below.
-migration
Start with migration wizard. May require -no-remote, see below.
-ProfileManager
Start with profile manager. May require -no-remote, see below.
-no-remote
Don't connect to a running Firefox ESR instance. This option can be necessary in conjunction to several of the options above, that won't have any effect when an Firefox ESR instance is running unless -no-remote is used at the same time.
-UILocale locale
Start with locale resources as User Interface locale. By default, it is guessed from environment and available locales for Firefox ESR.
-safe-mode
Starts Firefox ESR in safe mode, i.e. disabling all extensions and showing a bit more debugging messages.
-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
-new-window URL
Open URL in a new window in an already running Firefox ESR process.
-new-tab URL
Open URL in a new tab in an already running Firefox ESR process.
-chrome url
Load the specified chrome.

 

ENVIRONMENT

MOZILLA_DISABLE_PLUGINS - when set, totally disables loading browser plugins (the ones that appear at the about:plugins url)

 

FILES

/usr/bin/firefox-esr - symbolic link to /usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr.

/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr - Firefox ESR executable.

/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-bin - Legacy executable.

 

BUGS

To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ and/or report bugs to the Debian Bug Tracking System, as usual.

 

AUTHORS

The Mozilla Organization
http://www.mozilla.org/about.html


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
USAGE
OPTIONS
X11 options
Mozilla options
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
BUGS
AUTHORS

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Time: 13:49:33 GMT, March 29, 2024