How Do I Run Firefox Remotely On Server?

HowTo: Run Firefox From The Command Line

by VIVEK GITE on MARCH 23, 2011

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First find the process id of firefox using the following command in any directory: pidof firefox Kill firefox process using the following command in any directory: kill [firefox pid] Then start firefox again. Or you can do the same thing in just one command.As don_crissti said: kill $(pidof firefox) shareimprove this answer edited Jun 8 '13 at 10:57 Anthon 30.3k113577 answered Jun 8 '13 at 10:31 Dchris 1901110

@don_crissti much better! –  Dchris Jun 8 '13 at 10:44 3   Or better still is pkill firefox. –  slm♦ Jun 9 '13 at 0:57 If doesn't work, try kill -9 $(pidof firefox) or pkill -9 firefox –  mavillan Sep 4 '13 at 14:38 add a comment

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Usually, many users say this command helps: killall -SIGTERM firefox The killall command will killall processes that are named "firefox". SIGTERM is the kill-signal type. This command works well for me and other Linux users. Also, it may help to wait thirty seconds after closing Firefox before it is turned back on. shareimprove this answer edited Jun 9 '13 at 18:09 answered Jun 8 '13 at 18:32 Devyn Collier Johnson 592320

5   Not really. killall matches the pattern exactly. What you said is valid for pkill: it kills all processescontaining that pattern (unless you pass -x in the arguments). For instance, "pkill refox" will kill firefox, but "killall refox" won't do anything (unless you have a "refox" process running). –  Rafael Cavalcanti Jun 9 '13 at 16:14  Thank you for pointing that out. –  Devyn Collier Johnson Jun 9 '13 at 18:09 NOTE: The above will not allow Firefox to perform closing operations (like the other pkill/kill options discussed elsewhere on this question, will, as they currently are) and will lead to (amongst other things) thelock symlink not being deleted, which will cause the message in this question to remain. See my answerfor more details. –  user66001 Jun 11 '13 at 19:55

How do I run Firefox browser from the Linux command line (shell prompt)? How to run Firefox from command line on Linux based server?

You can use command line as follows with special arguments to start Mozilla firefox.

Firefox Start Browser

To open the browser, enter:
$ firefox
OR
$ /usr/bin/firefox

Firefox Open URL

To open URL in a new tab, enter:
$ /usr/bin/firefox -new-window http://www.cyberciti.biz/
To open URL in a new window, enter:
$ /usr/bin/firefox www.cyberciti.biz

Firefox Search option

You can search words (term) with your default search engine, enter:
$ /usr/bin/firefox -search "term"
$ /usr/bin/firefox -search "linux add user to group"

Open Firefox Options / Preferences

To open Firefox options/preferences window, enter:
$ /usr/bin/firefox -preferences

Set Firefox As Default Browser

To set the Firefox app as the default browser, enter:
$ /usr/bin/firefox -setDefaultBrowser

How Do I Run Firefox Remotely On Server?

SSH is frequently used to tunnel insecure traffic over the Internet in a secure way. You can login to remote server using the ssh client:
$ ssh -X user@server42.nixcraft.com
To run firefox, enter:
$ /usr/bin/firefox &
$ /usr/bin/firefox www.cyberciti.biz

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