How To Install Firefox On Raspberry Pi

25 December

How to Install Firefox on Raspberry Pi: Step By Step Guide

2017-12-27T13:47:09+05:xxx

The Raspberry Pi boards support various Operating Systems along with different web browsers. Recently, Google has shown its support to the Pi devices, and and then I created a how-to guide to install chrome on Raspberry Pi. And today, I will provide a quick, pace-by-step guide on how to install Firefox on Raspberry Pi.

You may know that the Mozilla does not offer whatever direct link to download the latest Firefox version for the Raspberry Pi. But you tin can hands download information technology on your Pi board with just a few steps.

Things yous volition need for doing the process:

Raspberry Pi lath ( Pi iii recommended)
Ability supply for Pi
Internet connection
Raspberry Pi display
USB WiFi adapter/Ethernet cable (If you lot don't employ Raspberry Pi iii)
USB keyboard and mouse
Protective example (optional)

How to Install Firefox on Raspberry Pi

As we know that in that location is no direct Firefox version is available to download for Pi, the Debian project got the Iceweasel which is the rebranded named of Mozilla Firefox for Raspberry Pi. Let's run into the process to get the Raspberry Pi Firefox on your system now. Make sure to connect all the components with your Raspberry Pi device.

Step-i: Update the arrangement packages

The initial step is to update your system packages to avert any consequences while installing the Raspberry Pi spider web browser.

Open up the command prompt on your Raspberry Pi system
Enter the command ' sudo –I ' and write the password. So printing 'Enter' key
Now, write the command below:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

Footstep-two: Install Firefox on Raspberry Pi

Here, we volition install the latest version of Iceweasel to accept the Firefox back up.

Once again, in the Raspberry Pi last enter the following command:

sudo apt-get install Iceweasel

The installation process will start. If you don't want to utilize much infinite on your board and want to go on the download packages to the minimum, so enter the command below:

sudo apt-get install Iceweasel – -no-install-recommends

Step-3: Run Firefox web browser

After the installation process completed, get to the start menu. Click on the 'Internet' choice and choose Firefox/Iceweasel. You may find it a piffling chip slower than the other default Raspberry Pi web browsers. But when you use/demand a low power Raspberry Pi setup, so this smaller packaged Raspberry Pi Firefox will work not bad.

Iceweasel

Decision

You tin besides install Thunderbird on Raspberry Pi which is an official electronic mail-customer from Mozilla to work with the Iceweasel browser. The process is same every bit y'all followed here to install Firefox on Raspberry Pi device. The configuration process of Thunderbird is also uncomplicated as you merely demand to follow the instructions on the screen and make the settings as per your requirement.

What do you lot think about Raspberry Pi Firefox? Practise you know any other quick and piece of cake process than mentioned hither? Take you any other Pi browser in mind which also works well for diverse electronics and robotics project? Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below.