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No snap, no repository, no flatpak? Just use the stand-alone Firefox binary.
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#!/bin/sh | |
# Firefox stand-alone install script | |
# This script will download and install the latest Firefox stable tar and create a desktop file for it. | |
# The Firefox stand-alone binary auto-updates just like on Windows, so no repository needed. | |
# Change the 2 variables below to match your preference. | |
# Change to where you want Firefox installed. ~/.local/bin is the default. | |
# This must be the full path. Do not use tilde ~ like "~/something". | |
install_loc="/home/${USER}/.local/bin" | |
# (Optional) | |
# Change this to your locale. Do not use _ underscores. Default is set to en-US. | |
# Available Firefox locales can be found here: https://www.mozilla.org/locales | |
# (The last letters in the url while hovered will show your locale. For example sv-SE for Swedish.) | |
# Your locale can be changed within Firefox later. | |
my_locale="en-US" | |
# Let's get started... | |
mkdir -p ${install_loc} && mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications | |
cd ${install_loc} | |
wget -O firefox.tar.bz2 "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest&os=linux64&lang=${my_locale}" | |
tar -xvf firefox.tar.bz2 | |
# Create the desktop file | |
touch firefox-stable.desktop | |
# Feel free to edit/translate the generic-name and comment to whatever you like | |
desktop-file-edit \ | |
--set-name="Firefox" \ | |
--set-generic-name="Web Browser" \ | |
--set-comment="Browse the Web" \ | |
--set-icon="${install_loc}/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png" \ | |
--add-category="Network;WebBrowser;" \ | |
--add-mime-type="text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;" \ | |
--set-key="Keywords" --set-value="web;browser;internet;" \ | |
--set-key="Exec" --set-value="${install_loc}/firefox/firefox-bin %u" \ | |
--set-key="Type" --set-value="Application" \ | |
--set-key="StartupWMClass" --set-value="firefox" \ | |
--set-key="StartupNotify" --set-value="true" \ | |
firefox-stable.desktop | |
desktop-file-validate firefox-stable.desktop | |
desktop-file-install --dir=/home/${USER}/.local/share/applications firefox-stable.desktop | |
update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications | |
# Cleanup | |
rm firefox.tar.bz2 firefox-stable.desktop | |
# Tip: If you want to run firefox from the commandline you can create an alias in ~/.bashrc | |
# alias firefox='/home/${USER}/.local/bin/firefox/firefox-bin' | |
# (Change it to your install location if required) |
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