If you set that only root can update Firefox then:
1. Close current Firefox instance and run Firefox as root from terminal (firefox-autd)
2. Choose from menu: Help->About Firefox
3. Firefox will download updates.
Run this script as root and set your parameters at first section (1. Beginning of settings you should set) of this script
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#!/bin/bash
# Firefox always up to date
# Script by tome
# 1. User preferences 2. Paths 3. Download/extract 4. Launcher+icon module
# Run as root
if [ `whoami` != "root" ]; then
ktsuss "$0 $1"
exit
fi
# 1. Beginning of settings you should set
# Directory where you want to store data on your booting device
mirror=data-mirror
# Change your architecture if needed, i686, x86_64 or `uname -m` (current)
myarch=`uname -m`
# Localized version (language) choose one from: ach af an ar as ast az be bg bn-BD bn-IN br bs ca cs cy da de dsb el en-GB en-US en-ZA eo es-AR es-CL es-ES es-MX et eu fa ff fi fr fy-NL ga-IE gd gl gu-IN he hi-IN hr hsb hu hy-AM id is it ja kk km kn ko lij lt lv mai mk ml mr ms nb-NO nl nn-NO or pa-IN pl pt-BR pt-PT rm ro ru si sk sl son sq sr sv-SE ta te th tr uk vi xh xpi zh-CN zh-TW
lang=en-GB
# Who can update, choose root, guest or your user name, it doesn't matter for ntfs/fat filesystems
me=guest
# Where you want to place created firefox-links.xzm module, change path if you boot from iso
where=/mnt/live/porteus/modules
# End of settings you should set
echo
echo Settings:
echo " mirror "$mirror
echo " myarch "$myarch
echo " lang "$lang
echo " me "$me
echo " where "$where
echo
# 2. Get booting device
bdev=`grep -A1 "Booting" /var/log/porteus-livedbg|tail -n1|sed 's^//^/^g'`
realpath=${bdev}/$mirror
mkdir -p $realpath/apps
# 3. Download/extract
cd /tmp
wget -c http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest/linux-$myarch/$lang/ /tmp
if [ ! -e "/tmp/index.html" ]; then echo ""
echo "[31mCheck your internet connection! Exiting.[0m"
exit 0
fi
latest_version=`grep tar.bz2 index.html | tail -n1 | cut -d- -f2- | cut -d '"' -f1 | cut -d '/' -f3`
#old latest_version=`grep tar.bz2 index.html | head -n1 | cut -d- -f2- | cut -d '"' -f1`
echo "Downloading latest version of Mozilla Firefox"
wget -c https://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest/linux-$myarch/$lang/$latest_version
# or wget --no-check-certificate -c http...
if [ -e "/tmp/$latest_version" ]; then echo "Extracting $latest_version"
tar xjvf $latest_version -C $realpath/apps
else
clear
echo ""
echo "[36mCheck your internet connection! Exiting.[0m"
exit 0
fi
# 4. Preparing module
rm -rf /tmp/firefox-autd
if [ -e /mnt/live/memory/images/firefox-links.xzm ]; then deactivate /mnt/live/memory/images/firefox-links.xzm
echo Deactivating old firefox-links.xzm module
fi
umount $where/firefox-links.xzm
rm -rf $where/firefox-links.xzm
mkdir -p /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/bin
mkdir -p /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications
mkdir -p /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
cp $realpath/apps/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default48.png /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/firefox.png
echo '#!/bin/sh' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/bin/firefox-autd
echo 'bdev=`grep -A1 "Booting" /var/log/porteus-livedbg|tail -n1|sed 's^//^/^g'`' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/bin/firefox-autd
echo 'exec ${bdev}/'$mirror'/apps/firefox/firefox "$@"' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/bin/firefox-autd
chmod 755 /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/bin/firefox-autd
chown $me:$me $realpath/apps/firefox
echo "Generating Desktop Files..."
#Creating mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo '[Desktop Entry]' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'Exec=firefox-autd -no-remote -p %u' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'Icon=firefox' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'Type=Application' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'Categories=Network;' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'Name=Firefox Profile Manager' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'X-KDE-StartupNotify=true' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
#Creating mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo '[Desktop Entry]' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'Exec=firefox-autd %u' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'Icon=firefox' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'Type=Application' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'Categories=Network;' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'Name=Firefox' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'X-KDE-StartupNotify=true' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo "Building the module."
mkdir -p $where
mksquashfs /tmp/firefox-autd $where/firefox-links.xzm -b 256K
#clear
echo -e "\n\n"
echo "DONE"
echo "Activating of $where/firefox-links.xzm"
echo ""
activate $where/firefox-links.xzm
exit 0
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#!/bin/bash
# Firefox always up to date
# Script by tome
# Run as root
# 1. User preferences 2. Paths 3. Download/extract 4. Launcher+icon module
# 1. Beginning of settings you should set
# Directory where you want to store data on your booting device
mirror=data-mirror
# Choose your architecture i686 or x86_64 (eventually `uname -m`, if you have new hardware)
myarch=`uname -m`
# Localized version (language) choose one from: ach af an ar as ast az be bg bn-BD bn-IN br bs ca cs cy da de dsb el en-GB en-US en-ZA eo es-AR es-CL es-ES es-MX et eu fa ff fi fr fy-NL ga-IE gd gl gu-IN he hi-IN hr hsb hu hy-AM id is it ja kk km kn ko lij lt lv mai mk ml mr ms nb-NO nl nn-NO or pa-IN pl pt-BR pt-PT rm ro ru si sk sl son sq sr sv-SE ta te th tr uk vi xh xpi zh-CN zh-TW
lang=en-GB
# Who can update, choose root, guest or your user name, it doesn't matter for ntfs/fat filesystems
me=guest
# Where you want to place created firefox-links.xzm module
where=/mnt/live/porteus/modules
# End of settings you should set
# 2. Get booting device
bdev=`grep -A1 "Booting" /var/log/porteus-livedbg|tail -n1|sed 's^//^/^g'`
realpath=${bdev}/$mirror
mkdir -p $realpath/apps
# 3. Download/extract
cd /tmp
wget -c http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest/linux-$myarch/$lang/ /tmp
if [ ! -e "/tmp/index.html" ]; then echo ""
echo "[31mCheck your internet connection! Exiting.[0m"
exit 0
fi
latest_version=`grep tar.bz2 index.html | head -n1 | cut -d- -f2- | cut -d '"' -f1`
echo "Downloading latest version of Mozilla Firefox"
wget -c http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest/linux-$myarch/$lang/firefox-$latest_version
if [ -e "/tmp/firefox-$latest_version" ]; then echo "Extracting firefox-$latest_version"
tar xjvf firefox-$latest_version -C $realpath/apps
else
clear
echo ""
echo "[36mCheck your internet connection! Exiting.[0m"
exit 0
fi
# 4. Preparing module
rm -rf /tmp/firefox-autd
if [ -e /mnt/live/memory/images/firefox-links.xzm ]; then deactivate /mnt/live/memory/images/firefox-links.xzm
echo Deactivating old firefox-links.xzm module
fi
umount $where/firefox-links.xzm
rm -rf $where/firefox-links.xzm
mkdir -p /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/bin
mkdir -p /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications
mkdir -p /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
cp $realpath/apps/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default48.png /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/firefox.png
echo '#!/bin/sh' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/bin/firefox-autd
echo 'bdev=`grep -A1 "Booting" /var/log/porteus-livedbg|tail -n1|sed 's^//^/^g'`' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/bin/firefox-autd
echo 'exec ${bdev}/'$mirror'/apps/firefox/firefox "$@"' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/bin/firefox-autd
chmod 755 /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/bin/firefox-autd
chown $me:$me $realpath/apps/firefox
echo "Generating Desktop Files..."
#Creating mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo '[Desktop Entry]' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'Exec=firefox-autd -no-remote -p %u' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'Icon=firefox' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'Type=Application' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'Categories=Network;' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'Name=Firefox Profile Manager' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
echo 'X-KDE-StartupNotify=true' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd-p.desktop
#Creating mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo '[Desktop Entry]' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'Exec=firefox-autd %u' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'Icon=firefox' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'Type=Application' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'Categories=Network;' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'Name=Firefox' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo 'X-KDE-StartupNotify=true' >> /tmp/firefox-autd/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox-autd.desktop
echo "Building the module."
mksquashfs /tmp/firefox-autd $where/firefox-links.xzm -b 256K
clear
echo "DONE"
echo "Activating of $where/firefox-links.xzm"
echo ""
activate $where/firefox-links.xzm
exit 0
echo " realpath to firefox dir "$realpath/apps
ln -s /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/*.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
EDIT:
Little changes, thanks Ed_P
Update, thanks tb01 for your additions and spent time
But I am a little confused in how to use the setup parameters.
7 months later. 
