Linux compatibility matrix

 The following table lists the available library versions for the mozilla.org-distributed Firefox builds dependencies, and/or to build Firefox.

Distribution glibc glib gtk+2 gtk+3 pixman stdc++ GCC Released EOL
Fedora 16 2.14 2.30 2.24 3.2 0.22 4.6 4.6 Nov 2011 Feb 2013
Fedora 17 2.15 2.32 2.24 3.4 0.24 4.7 4.7 May 2012 Jul 2013
Fedora 18 2.16 2.34 2.24 3.6 0.26 4.7 4.7 Jan 2013 Jan 2014
Fedora 19 2.17 2.36 2.24 3.8 0.30 4.8 4.8 Jul 2013 Jan 2015
Fedora 20 2.18 2.38 2.24 3.10 0.30 4.8 4.8 Dec 2013 Jun 2015
Fedora 21 2.20 2.42 2.24 3.14 0.32 4.9 4.9 Dec 2014 Dec 2015
Fedora 22 2.21 2.44 2.24 3.16 0.32 5.1 4.9, 5.1 May 2015 Jul 2016
Fedora 23 2.22 2.46 2.24 3.18 0.33 5.1 5.1 Nov 2015 ?
Fedora 24 2.23 2.48 2.24 3.20 0.34 6.1 6.1 Jun 2016 ?
RHEL 6 2.12 2.28 2.24 N/A 0.32 4.4 4.4 Nov 2010 Nov 2020
RHEL 7 2.17 2.42 2.24 3.14 0.32 4.8 4.8 Jun 2014 Jun 2024
openSUSE 11.2 2.10 2.22 2.18 N/A 0.16 4.4 4.4 Nov 2009 May 2011
openSUSE 11.3 2.11 2.24 2.20 N/A 0.18 4.5 4.5 Jul 2010 Jan 2012
openSUSE 11.4 2.11 2.28 2.22 3.0 0.20 4.5 4.5 Mar 2011 Jul 2015
openSUSE 12.1 2.14 2.30 2.24 3.2 0.22 4.6 4.6 Nov 2011 May 2013
openSUSE 12.2 2.15 2.32 2.24 3.4 0.24 4.7 4.7 Jul 2012 Jan 2014
openSUSE 12.3 2.17 2.34 2.24 3.6 0.28 4.7 4.7 Mar 2013 Sep 2014
openSUSE 13.1 2.18 2.38 2.24 3.10 0.30 4.8 4.8 Nov 2013 Jan 2016
openSUSE 13.2 2.19 2.42 2.24 3.14 0.32 4.8 4.8, 4.9 Nov 2014 Jan 2017
openSUSE Leap 42.1 2.19 2.44 2.24 3.16 0.32 5.2 4.8, 5.2 Nov 2015 May 2017
openSUSE Leap 42.2 2.22 2.48.2 2.24 3.20.9 0.34 5.3.1 4.8.5, 5.3.1, 6.1.1 Nov 2016 q2 2018
Debian 6 2.11 2.24 2.20 N/A 0.16 4.4 4.1, 4.3, 4.4 Feb 2011 May 2014 / Feb 2016 (LTS)
Debian 7 2.13 2.32 2.24 3.4 0.26 4.7 4.4, 4.6, 4.7 May 2013 Apr 2016 / May 2018 (LTS)
Debian 8 2.19 2.42 2.24 3.14 0.32 4.9 4.8, 4.9 Apr 2015 Jun 2017 / Jun 2020 (LTS)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2.15 2.32 2.24 3.4 0.30 4.6 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 Apr 2012 Apr 2017
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.19 2.40 2.24 3.10 0.30 4.8 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 Apr 2014 Apr 2019
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.23 2.48 2.24 3.18 0.33 5.3 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5.3 Apr 2016 Apr 2021
SLES 11 (SP4) 2.11 2.22 2.18 N/A 0.24 4.6, 5.3 4.3 Mar 2009 Mar 2019
SLES 12 (SP2) 2.22 2.48.2 2.24 3.20.9 0.34 6.2.1 4.8.5 Oct 2014 Oct 2024

 Notes

Red backgrounds denote lack of compatibility with current versions of Firefox. In the EOL column, they denote distribution versions past their End of Life.

Yellow backgrounds denote compatibility with ESR45

Green backgrounds denote compatibility with the current release (as of writing, 51)

Greener backgrounds denote compatibility with the current mozilla-central (as of writing, 54).

The table is generated with the script and data in https://github.com/glandium/firefox-linux-compat-matrix

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