Fresh Install of Debian 13 Mate Is there a script for FF? [Solved]

[Alexzee]

First up, let me say that I seldom differ with @osprey , I know better - he is so skilled in many more ways than i am

That being said, I have some advantages in running 75 distros, and on #4



...I'll just add that

FF-ESR was catapulted from v 128 to 140 middle of August, last, as described here

https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/140.2.0/releasenotes/

,,,but that was only if you are on their release channel.

Trixie shipped with FF-ESR 128.13, and that in turn, can now be upgraded to 128.14.

It;s taken me a bit longer to prepare this material than I anticipated, so I will be providing it for consideration on my tomorrow, but I should also add that the article from Mozilla

Client Challenge

produces some errors for me, and also has deficiencies, I will outline them on my tomorrow.

Cheers

Wiz

The instructions on that page "Install Firefox On Linux" in the link are good, thank you.

 

[Alexzee]

This is the desktop entry file that I created for my Debian 12 install.
Worked w/o a hitch.

Name=firefox Browser
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=firefox Browser
Comment=Browse With firefox
GenericName=Web Browser
Type=Application
Exec=/home/alex/Downloads/firefox/firefox-browser_en-US/Browser/start-firefox-browser
Icon=/home/alex/Downloads/firefox-browser_en-US/Browser/browser/icons/firefox-icon.png
Name[en_US]=mozilla-firefox.desktop

This time, however, I'll place FF in another location aside from the Downloads directory.
More like the /usr/lib/firefox or the /opt/firefox.

Suggestions welcomed:-

 

[Alexzee]

It's the weekend and I had more pressing obligations that need tending to.
I'll have to download and install the latest-firefox from Mozilla in a few days.

Once done I think I'll write an article on how to do this-

 

[wizardfromoz]

I'll have to download and install the latest-firefox from Mozilla in a few days.

Lol, that gives you plenty of time to consider what I have to contribute.

...actually, I take that back, I have just read your #19, and I do not want to confuse further, when you have undertaken to remove FF-ESR and go with main Firefox.

I've done the work though, so I will start on an article tomorrow journaling my efforts, and some may find it useful.

Cheers.

Wiz

 

[craigevil]

You can have different Firefox versions like ESR, release, beta, installed since they create their own profile.
ESR in the Debian repo updates to the version in the Mozilla repo with no issues on Debian Trixie.

 

[Alexzee]

Lol, that gives you plenty of time to consider what I have to contribute.

...actually, I take that back, I have just read your #19, and I do not want to confuse further, when you have undertaken to remove FF-ESR and go with main Firefox.

I've done the work though, so I will start on an article tomorrow journaling my efforts, and some may find it useful.

Cheers.

Wiz

I'll have to work on removing the ESR tomorrow and following the instructions in the link you provided. If I have trouble I'll follow along with the script (instructions) that post #5.
Like you, I'll be taking notes. Eventually, I'll write an article about this process and post it on my Linux Blog.

Thank you for the effort Chris.

 

[craigevil]

Forgot to mention the Mozilla repo at least for amd64 i386 is in extrepo.

sudo apt install extrepo
sudo extrepo enable mozilla
sudo apt update
sudo apt install firefox

Of course you could also choose firefox-esr, -beta, or -nightly.
Should be simple enough to create a script that does all of that.

You can either use apt-get or create a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ with

Apt::Cmd::Disable-Script-Warning true;

in order to get rid of the silly warning message.

 

[Alexzee]

The new FF is now installed.

Alex: firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 143.0

Thanks for all the help.
You guys are the best!

 

[Alexzee]

At present I'm gathering screenshot's, notes and other ideas to create and write an article on installing the current version of FF on just about any Linux distro.

Feel free to share your own ideas and practices on how you install FF. With these efforts I believe this will prove useful for our Linux friends here at Linux.org and also for the Linux Community.

The ESR versions are just not my cup of tea. I'm finding that a lot of the users here don't bother with it either.

Thanks.
Alex

 

[MikeWalsh]

@Alexzee :-

I don't know where you chose to install FF to, but I'll just say that for anything "custom", /opt is almost always the best place to put 'em. I've never understood why so many distros prefer to put browsers in /usr/lib, since /opt is a kind of "catch-all" location for stuff that doesn't really comfortably fit anywhere else.......most browsers are NOT just a single compiled binary, but rather an entire directory of related files.

????

And I'm glad to see that, like us in Puppyland, you've chosen to keep your .desktop entry file as 'minimal' as possible. 95% of most .desktop entries deal with the 'localization' stuff - translations for every possible location, worldwide - which is, frankly, only necessary if you're providing an entire package for ANYONE to download, wherever they are. The other lines often deal with specialist stuff for individual DEs........very few are actually specific to the Menu entry itself!

You might perhaps want to look into adding some info about obtaining specific localization files for any given user's language. That's the only suggestion I will make (this is general stuff for the article itself).


Mike.

 

[Alexzee]

Just found the language pks-

Client Challenge

More gems here:

188 firefox icons - Iconfinder

Download 188 firefox icons. Available in PNG and SVG formats. Ready to be used in web design, mobile apps and presentations.

www.iconfinder.com

Busy tonight gathering as much info for my new article

 

[MikeWalsh]

@Alexzee :-

Yup; that's the kind of stuff you want.

Like I said, there's no point in - or need of! - providing every language used worldwide in what is essentially a "How-to" article. At the same time, you don't want to alienate your readers by letting them think that their requirements & "needs" aren't at least being considered...

It's only small potatoes, but it all helps to keep 'em coming back for more.....because they will get to know that you have the 'nous' to consider all the angles when putting an article together.

It makes the difference between a great article, and one that's just "so-so". And although you may not think so ATM, word does 'get around' the community..!

I'll be interested to read the finished article. Looking forward to it. Don't rush it though; take your time, get it as good as you can.....and DO "proof-read" as many times as needed. It's amazing how many little mistakes one can generate when writing articles.

Mike.

 

[Alexzee]

@Alexzee :-

Yup; that's the kind of stuff you want.

Like I said, there's no point in - or need of! - providing every language used worldwide in what is essentially a "How-to" article. At the same time, you don't want to alienate your readers by letting them think that their requirements & "needs" aren't at least being considered...

It's only small potatoes, but it all helps to keep 'em coming back for more.....because they will get to know that you have the 'nous' to consider all the angles when putting an article together.

It makes the difference between a great article, and one that's just "so-so". And although you may not think so ATM, word does 'get around' the community..!

I'll be interested to read the finished article. Looking forward to it. Don't rush it though; take your time, get it as good as you can.....and DO "proof-read" as many times as needed. It's amazing how many little mistakes one can generate when writing articles.

Mike.

Thanks brother.

Taking my time indeed as I want all the good stuff for all Linux users.

I know what you mean about little mistakes, especially misspelled words.

 

[craigevil]

The language packs are in the Mozilla repo so you would install them just like Firefox.
You need the version that matches whichever version of Firefox you have installed; be that ESR, release, beta, nightly, devedition.

 

[Alexzee]

The language packs are in the Mozilla repo so you would install them just like Firefox.
You need the version that matches whichever version of Firefox you have installed; be that ESR, release, beta, nightly, devedition.

Thanks!

 

[Alexzee]

To date:
Still reading and gathering information for the article I plan to write.
Might be ready by next week:-

 

[Alexzee]

Rough draft started and gathering more good info.
I think this will take the better part of this whole week to compose, edit and be ready for publishing next week.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Ta for the update, Alex.

It's ready when it's ready, and not before.

Chris