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- Edit by richard.kolla, Version 3
- Feb 13 2020 08:24
- Edit by richard.kolla, Version 2
- Feb 13 2020 08:18
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{nav icon=home, name=Main Page >
icon=thumbs-o-up, name=General Recommendations >
name=PureBrowser to Firefox ESR}
Moving PureBrowser Profile (bookmarks, history, addons, etc) into Firefox ESR
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* Go into PureBrowser - Click the menu button on the top right - Help - Troubleshooting Information. The Troubleshooting Information tab will open. Under the Application Basics section it will list your Profile Directory. Take note of path to the profile directory ` /home/USER/.purism/purebrowser/USERSTRING.default
* If you have already been migrated to Firefox. Just `cd ~/.purism/purebrowser/` and `ls -al`. This will list all files and directories. The directory named USERSTRING.default is the one.
* If you have multiple USERSTRING.default then find the one with the date of the last time you used PureBrowser.
* Open Tilix/Terminal and run `cd ~/.purism/purebrowser/` and find the USERSTRING.default directory.
* Run the update in Software, or apt, to now migrate to Firefox ESR.
* Then run `cp -r USERSTRING.default ~/.mozilla/firefox/` to move the profile folder over.
* Now run `firefox -P` in Tilix/Terminal.
* Select 'Create Profile' and then 'Next'
* Enter a profile name or leave as it. Then Select 'Choose Folder'.
* Click on your the USERSTRING.default directory that you just moved over and press 'Open'.
* Click 'Finish' and 'Start Firefox'.
* Firefox should load with all the tabs you had open before and everything else will have come over from PureBrowser. You are done!
* **NOTE** We have transitioned from uBlock Origin to EFF's Privacy Badger. That should be the only difference in addons you see.
Made with help from from Mozilla's excellent Firefox Knowledge Base. See: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
{nav icon=home, name=Main Page >
icon=thumbs-o-up, name=General Recommendations >
name=PureBrowser to Firefox ESR}
Moving PureBrowser Profile (bookmarks, history, addons, etc) into Firefox ESR
---
* Go into PureBrowser - Click the menu button on the top right - Help - Troubleshooting Information. The Troubleshooting Information tab will open. Under the Application Basics section it will list your Profile Directory. Take note of path to the profile directory ` /home/USER/.purism/purebrowser/USERSTRING.default
* If you have already been migrated to Firefox. Just `cd ~/.purism/purebrowser/` and `ls -al`. This will list all files and directories. The directory named USERSTRING.default is the one.
* If you have multiple USERSTRING.default then find the one with the date of the last time you used PureBrowser.
* Open Tilix/Terminal and run `cd ~/.purism/purebrowser/` and find the USERSTRING.default directory.
* Run the update in Software, or apt, to now migrate to Firefox ESR.
* Then run `cp -r USERSTRING.default ~/.mozilla/firefox/` to move the profile folder over.
* Now run `firefox -P` in Tilix/Terminal.
* Select 'Create Profile' and then 'Next'
* Enter a profile name or leave as it. Then Select 'Choose Folder'.
* Click on your the USERSTRING.default directory that you just moved over and press 'Open'.
* Click 'Finish' and 'Start Firefox'.
* Firefox should load with all the tabs you had open before and everything else will have come over from PureBrowser. You are done!
* **NOTE 1** If using a search engine other than Google, you'll need to go into the menu button on the top right - Preferences - Search - select your Search Engine of choice from the drop down.
* **NOTE 2** We have transitioned from uBlock Origin to EFF's Privacy Badger. That should be the only difference in addons you see.
Made with help from from Mozilla's excellent Firefox Knowledge Base. See: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
{nav icon=home, name=Main Page >
icon=thumbs-o-up, name=General Recommendations >
name=PureBrowser to Firefox ESR}
Moving PureBrowser Profile (bookmarks, history, addons, etc) into Firefox ESR
---
* Go into PureBrowser - Click the menu button on the top right - Help - Troubleshooting Information. The Troubleshooting Information tab will open. Under the Application Basics section it will list your Profile Directory. Take note of path to the profile directory ` /home/USER/.purism/purebrowser/USERSTRING.default
* If you have already been migrated to Firefox. Just `cd ~/.purism/purebrowser/` and `ls -al`. This will list all files and directories. The directory named USERSTRING.default is the one.
* If you have multiple USERSTRING.default then find the one with the date of the last time you used PureBrowser.
* Open Tilix/Terminal and run `cd ~/.purism/purebrowser/` and find the USERSTRING.default directory.
* Run the update in Software, or apt, to now migrate to Firefox ESR.
* Then run `cp -r USERSTRING.default ~/.mozilla/firefox/` to move the profile folder over.
* Now run `firefox -P` in Tilix/Terminal.
* Select 'Create Profile' and then 'Next'
* Enter a profile name or leave as it. Then Select 'Choose Folder'.
* Click on your the USERSTRING.default directory that you just moved over and press 'Open'.
* Click 'Finish' and 'Start Firefox'.
* Firefox should load with all the tabs you had open before and everything else will have come over from PureBrowser. You are done!
* **NOTE 1** If using a search engine other than Google, you'll need to go into the menu button on the top right - Preferences - Search - select your Search Engine of choice from the drop down.
* **NOTE 2** We have transitioned from uBlock Origin to EFF's Privacy Badger. That should be the only difference in addons you see.
Made with help from from Mozilla's excellent Firefox Knowledge Base. See: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data