FIREFOX(ESR) firefox-esr FIREFOX(ESR)

NAME
firefox-esr - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

SYNOPSIS
firefox-esr [OPTIONS] [URL]

/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr [OPTIONS] [URL]

DESCRIPTION
Firefox ESR is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portabil-
ity.

USAGE
If there is an Firefox ESR browser already running, firefox-esr will arrange for it to create a new browser
window; otherwise it will start a new instance.

OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by firefox-esr is included below.

X11 options
−−display=DISPLAY
X display to use
−−sync Make X calls synchronous
−−no−xshm
Don’t use X shared memory extension
−−xim−preedit=STYLE
−−xim−status=STYLE
−−g−fatal−warnings
Make all warnings fatal

Mozilla options
−h, −help
Show summary of options.
−v, −version
Print Firefox ESR version.
−P [profile]
Start with profile. When no profile is given, displays the Profile Manager. May require −no−re-
mote, see below.
−migration
Start with migration wizard. May require −no−remote, see below.
−ProfileManager
Start with profile manager. May require −no−remote, see below.
−no−remote
Don’t connect to a running Firefox ESR instance. This option can be necessary in conjunction to
several of the options above, that won’t have any effect when an Firefox ESR instance is running
unless −no−remote is used at the same time.

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−UILocale locale
Start with locale resources as User Interface locale. By default, it is guessed from environment and
available locales for Firefox ESR.
−safe−mode
Starts Firefox ESR in safe mode, i.e. disabling all extensions and showing a bit more debugging
messages.
−jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
−new-window URL
Open URL in a new window in an already running Firefox ESR process.
−new-tab URL
Open URL in a new tab in an already running Firefox ESR process.
−chrome url
Load the specified chrome.

ENVIRONMENT
MOZILLA_DISABLE_PLUGINS - when set, totally disables loading browser plugins (the ones that appear
at the about:plugins url)

FILES
/usr/bin/firefox-esr - symbolic link to /usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr.

/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr - Firefox ESR executable.

/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox−bin - Legacy executable.

BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ and/or report bugs to the Debian Bug Tracking Sys-
tem, as usual.

AUTHORS
The Mozilla Organization
http://www.mozilla.org/about.html

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