Firefox does not update automatically.

[David Garside]

I can download Firefox 57.0.tar but don't know how to install it.I am using UBUNTU 16.04 LTS and Firefox 53.0 (32 Bit).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: firefox 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-75.96-generic 4.4.59
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-75-generic i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: davidgarside1 1583 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20170418123449
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Dec 16 10:39:06 2017
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-02 (1353 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20140204)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.254 dev eth0 proto static metric 100
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.64 metric 100
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
MostRecentCrashID: bp-287862fa-3808-41c6-99d4-a8a512160216
Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
PrefSources: prefs.js
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=53.0/20170418123449 (In use)
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
SubmittedCrashIDs:
 bp-287862fa-3808-41c6-99d4-a8a512160216
 bp-5a00de9c-6155-48f1-8379-30e742160216
 bp-f6104802-ec3c-42ef-a9de-6e5a02150728
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-07-29 (504 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/05/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 0WJ771
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd04/05/2006:svnDellInc.:pnDellDC051:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0WJ771:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dell DC051
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.

However, it seems that you were trying to use a software package that was not provided by the official Ubuntu repositories. Because of this the Ubuntu project can not provide support.

Were you saying that you were not receiving automatic updates to Firefox so downloaded directly from their website?

You should now be using Firefox 61.0.1 if your system has been updating correctly. Please let us know if you are still having problems. If we do not hear from you the bug report will close itself in approximately two months time.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.

[David Garside (david-garside-h)]

Thanks for the reply. I am indeed using Firefox 61.1 so it must be now updating.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for your response.
Closing as this report as being "Invalid" as cause of issue was never confirmed.