I don't think an actual rollback or system restore exists in Linux/Ubuntu, so I'm looking at other options to reverse a recent browser upgrade.
I would like to revert to a slightly older version of Firefox than the one installed during a recent upgrade. The first issue was the narrow scrollbars, but I found a fix for that (use only gtk3 system themes and modify as needed). But there is another annoyance that's bothering me. I'm thinking future upgrades will iron out some of the annoyances and/or extensions will be developed to remove the annoyances, since that seems to be the history of Firefox. In the meantime, it would be nice to revert back to an earlier version.
I found some Firefox .deb files on pkg.com. That looks to me like the quickest and easiest way to do the reversion. But I have questions.
First, is pkgs.org considered a reputable site?
Second, does one need to completely uninstall the upgraded version of Firefox? Or can one install the older version on top of the newer version?
UPDATE: Per the suggestion of JonasCz, I looked into installing an official ESR. I uninstalled Firefox 47, which removed everything but kept my profile. I then downloaded and installed Firefox 45.2 ESR from the official Mozilla link. Not knowing where to put it, I just installed to a folder in the Home directory, which resulted in the creation of a "firefox" folder. There are two Firefox binaries -- one that says Firefox and one that says Firefox-bin. I clicked on the first and Firefox opened with all my bookmarks and extensions. It seems to be working fine, with the caveat that start-up time is longer... as if it were looking in specific default locations rather than in folders/subfolders in my Home directory. I think the ultimate solution would be to find a PPA or a .deb file. I tried a Canonical link to a Firefox [ESR PPA] (https://launchpad.net/~team-esr/+archive/ubuntu/firefox-esr), but it didn't work as there was no file to download.
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