firefox-esr1
A web browser for x11 derived from the mozilla browser
Usage
firefox-esr [OPTIONS]
[URL]
Overview
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
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--display=DISPLAY -
X display to use
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--sync -
Make X calls synchronous
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--no-xshm -
Don't use X shared memory extension
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--xim-preedit=STYLE
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--xim-status=STYLE
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--g-fatal-warnings -
Make all warnings fatal
Mozilla options
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-h, -help -
Show summary of options.
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-v, -version -
Print Firefox ESR version.
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-P [profile] -
Start with profile. When no profile is given, displays the Profile Manager. May require
-no-remote, see below.
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-migration -
Start with migration wizard. May require
-no-remote, see below.
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-ProfileManager -
Start with profile manager. May require
-no-remote, see below.
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-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-remoteis used at the same time.
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-UILocale locale -
Start with locale resources as User Interface locale. By default, it is guessed from environment and available locales for Firefox ESR.
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-safe-mode -
Starts Firefox ESR in safe mode, i.e. disabling all extensions and showing a bit more debugging messages.
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-jsconsole -
Start with Javascript Console
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-new-window URL -
Open URL in a new window in an already running Firefox ESR process.
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-new-tab URL -
Open URL in a new tab in an already running Firefox ESR process.
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-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.
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 12 (Bookworm): the text shown here
- Debian 11 (Bullseye) to Debian 8 (Jessie)