Update FF but only to a point?

[GregM]

I don't know if this is possible but this is what I'd like to do...

I currently am running Firefox 45 but being pretty old it is having troubles doing some things.
I have found and downloaded FF 53 in a tar file.

Is it possible to update but only to FF 53?
Is there a terminal command (etc) that will install 53 but not go any further?

The point is that I don't want FF 57 or 58 or whatever it is up to by now.

So can I do what I want?

I also have Vivaldi installed but it's not really everything I want.
I am trying QupZilla.

[Bings]

You can download whatever version of firefox you like from https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/

[GregM]

Yep and I did download 53 from that site.
It's how to install it without installing anything beyond 53 that I am concerned with.

Obviously I don't know much about installation techniques and limitations.

[Snowhog]

See PinningHowto

[Bings]

Ok, download the version you want. Extract it into your home folder. Disconnect your internet. Open firefox by clicking on it in the folder you extracted to. Hit the hamburger/three line menu and the open preferences. Click advanced section and then update tab, set it to never check for updates. Then reconnect your internet. Voila.

[TWPonKubuntu]

GregM
Not knowing exactly what features you want or don't want, let me suggest Palemoon as a browser choice.

[GregM]

See PinningHowto

I've heard of "pinning" and had planned to ask about that.
Can I assume that if I give it the magic words that I can update the rest of my "apps" with out worrying that FF will update it self to something I don't want...forever?

[GregM]

Ok, download the version you want. Extract it into your home folder. Disconnect your internet. Open firefox by clicking on it in the folder you extracted to. Hit the hamburger/three line menu and the open preferences. Click advanced section and then update tab, set it to never check for updates. Then reconnect your internet. Voila.

I'll try it
Thanks!

[GregM]

GregM
Not knowing exactly what features you want or don't want, let me suggest Palemoon as a browser choice.

I'll try it
Thanks

[Snowhog]

I've heard of "pinning" and had planned to ask about that.
Can I assume that if I give it the magic words that I can update the rest of my "apps" with out worrying that FF will update it self to something I don't want...forever?

When an app is 'pinned', it will never be upgraded to a newer version until it is unpinned. But, I don't think that an update to the existing version won't happen, i.e., a feature or function in the same version occurs, but the version numbering doesn't change.

[GregM]

I think I don't care about updating. What I don't want to happen is like when FF took it upon itself to upgrade my version 55 to 57.
Pinning sounds perfect.

[chimak111]

Pinning will work for software installed from the repos or from ppas. It will not work on software downloaded by extracting from tars etc.

[GregM]

So just to be clear
If I install 53 from the downloaded file from the archives can I pin that so it will not update to 54 or 55?

[GregM]

Ok, download the version you want. Extract it into your home folder. Disconnect your internet. Open firefox by clicking on it in the folder you extracted to. Hit the hamburger/three line menu and the open preferences. Click advanced section and then update tab, set it to never check for updates. Then reconnect your internet. Voila.

Hey it worked!
I downloaded Version 55 and it did just as you said.
Only fiddling I had to do was to get the launcher to launch version 55 and not 45.
Fixed now.

Now I just have to learn about pinning.
Many thanks