Install firefox remotely

I need the exe to be as fully automated as possible and be able to download on a machine that has locked down Internet access. I have a Firewall that has specific sites whitelisted and cant open up just to get the install to work.

However even the ESR release gets updates about every six weeks, but that is generally only critical security fixes, or important repairs rather than new features. However if the browsers are exposed to the internet you may be wise to keep them updated. I am not sure of the potential methods of keeping Firefox updated remotely on a network, although I guess you could resort to re-installing every six weeks or whatever; but that is probably not very satisfactory.

However maybe the EWG mailing list see will have information on that. Note if you choose to do updates as the are Released and miss a update then you will get a full patch instead of a small partial. Asked 11 years, 4 months ago. Active 2 months ago. Viewed k times.

If firefox is not running on my local machine then a remote firefox window will open. Why is it opening a local firefox window? How can i prevent that? Here some more information of my local system. Linux lesmana-laptop 2. Linux dxray 2. Linux marvin 2. Improve this question. Lesmana Lesmana Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes.

Improve this answer. Is there any way I can make x not do this? I am using this solution to do the x forwarding: stackoverflow. It doesn't work for me — Bob Ebert. Try firefox -no-remote.

Dennis Williamson Dennis Williamson 3, 3 3 gold badges 14 14 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. And then just type firefox to have firefox spawned on the desktop window. Ensure that you have logged into the desktop, without which no logins you will get the following error; firefox: cannot connect to X server :0 This method would work for locked desktops as well. That's the only answer that worked for me. Richard Gomes Richard Gomes 1 1 silver badge 6 6 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

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