So this the command I enter into the Terminal:
wget
https://gist.github.com/angela-d/5f6760f5512e8b8029aeda3cbb1d26dd//storage-waterfox.netdna-ssl.com/releases/linux64/installer/waterfox-...en-US.linux-x86_64.tar
No, you are reading me a little too literally, or I am confusing you
1. That link takes you to the GitHub webpage run by an "Angela".
2. A few lines down, it says
Run the following commands as your normal user; do not run as root!
That is followed by
- Download Waterfox for Linux; Right-click & copy the URL
- Open a terminal and cd into the home directory:
The bit saying Download Waterfox should be highlighted, it is a link to the downloads page.
Click that.
The page that opens will have on the right, a section for Linux, and at bottom a button saying
Download 2020.01
PAUSE HERE
Have a cuppa tea or coffee, we get to make choices. Between two (2) options.
That button is a webpage-designed object with a (hyper)link.
When you run your cursor over it, it changes into The Fickle Finger of Fate (no-one under 60 will understand that reference
).
Bottom left of your screen will show where Door Number 1 leads, and that is to
https://storage-waterfox.netdna-ssl...ox-classic-2019.12.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
... which I referred to with the wget command above. So you can either
1. Click the button, you'll get the little popup that asks whether you want to open or save, you click save and the packages is downloaded by default to your Downloads folder
OR
2. You
right-click the button, choose Copy Link Location, and then open Terminal and paste it.
Referencing the Install Waterfox page again, either way we use Terminal:
If you chose Option 1, you will simply go to Downloads
cd Downloads
... skip the wget command, and pick up with extracting.
If you chose Option 2, go to Terminal, and Ctrl-Shift-v will paste the clipboard content, which is that long link. The press Home to take you to the start of the line, and type in
wget
Press End to get to the end of the line, then Enter.
wget will do the downloading for you that Firefox's Download Manager did in Option 1.
When the download is complete, follow the rest of the instructions to decompress and install.
PHEW
Gosh, I hope that is clear.
I'll come back to Vrai's points soon.
Wiz