This article tells you three ways to get Firefox on a Chromebook, but you will have to give up some things.
Method 1: Download the Play Store App
Android app support is built into most Chromebooks these days. That means you can get Android apps from the Google Play store, and Firefox has an app that will probably work on your Chromebook.
- Start the Google Play Store.
- Try to look for Firefox.
- Choose Install.
All done! But there is a middle ground. The version of Firefox that will be put on your computer is the mobile version, which is usually made for Android phones. The address bar is at the bottom of the screen, and websites that have mobile sites will send you to those sites instead of the desktop sites.
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Method 2: Put Firefox Esr in Place
You might be able to install the ESR (Extended Support Release) version of Firefox if you want a desktop version. For that, your Chromebook needs to be able to work with Linux. You can look in Settings to see if that’s true.
- Tap the clock in the bottom right corner of the Chromebook, then tap Settings.
- Look up the word “Linux.” You should see a result called “Linux (beta)” If you don’t, that means your Chromebook doesn’t support Linux. If you do, and you want to install it anyway, click Turn On.
- Enter a username and select the size of the disc. Click Setup.
- When the installation is done, a window for the terminal should open. Press Enter after typing sudo apt install firefox-esr.
- Type Y and hit the Enter key. After a while, some text will appear on the screen, and it will take you back to the command line.
- To close the terminal window, type Exit and press Enter.
How Does Firefox Esr Work?
Firefox ESR is the version of Firefox that Mozilla makes for businesses and corporations that need longer support. Firefox ESR takes longer to develop than Firefox for regular users. That means that this browser is an older one. Features that are coming to the latest version of Firefox will take a lot longer to come to this version, but it is a full desktop-class browser.
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Method 3: Use Crouton to Install Linux on Your Chromebook
If your Chromebook doesn’t support Linux but you have to have Firefox on it, you can use an app called Crouton to install Linux on your Chromebook. This is a lot harder than that. Once you’ve installed Crouton, you can install Firefox ESR by using the same command as above.
