Newbie HOWTO: FireFox Developer Edition

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Newbie HOWTO: FireFox Developer Edition

Unread post by opt1k » Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:37 pm

Quick HowTo to Install Firefox Developer Edition

EDIT: I WOULD ADVISE AGAINST INSTALLING THIS GLOBALLY IF YOU WANT AUTOMATIC UPDATES TO FUNCTION UNLESS YOU'RE ALWAYS LOGGED IN AS ROOT

1. Download the appropriate binary localized version / architecture

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/all/

2. Install globally, or in your local user account


2.1 Global Install

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sudo mkdir /opt/
sudo tar -xvjf firefox-41.0a2.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C /opt/
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/x-www-browser
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/gnome-www-browser
Create your global desktop file

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sudo nano -w /usr/share/applications/firefox-dev.desktop
firefox-dev.desktop

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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Firefox Developer Edition
Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
GenericName=Web Browser
X-GNOME-FullName=Firefox Web Browser
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox %u
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=/opt/firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=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;
StartupWMClass=Firefox
StartupNotify=true


2.2 Local Install

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mkdir ~/opt/
tar -xvjf firefox-41.0a2.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C ~/opt/
ln -s ~/opt/firefox/firefox ~/bin/x-www-browser
ln -s ~/opt/firefox/firefox ~/bin/gnome-www-browser
Create your local desktop file

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nano -w ~/.local/share/applications/applications/firefox-dev.desktop
firefox-dev.desktop

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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Firefox Developer Edition
Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
GenericName=Web Browser
X-GNOME-FullName=Firefox Web Browser
Exec=~/opt/firefox/firefox %u
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=~/opt/firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=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;
StartupWMClass=Firefox
StartupNotify=true
3. "Restart" or "Reload" your WM to find Firefox in your menu.

Everything below is optional

4. Install uBlock

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock/

5. Install icedtea (Java)

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sudo apt-get install -y icedtea-plugin
6. Install adobe flash

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sudo apt-get install -y flashplugin-nonfree
7. Reload Firefox
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Last edited by ivanovnegro on Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:44 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Newbie HOWTO: FireFox Developer Edition

Unread post by dkeg » Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:22 pm

Thanks for the write up good sir.

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Re: Newbie HOWTO: FireFox Developer Edition

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:43 am

opt1k wrote:
5. Install icedtea (Java)

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sudo apt-get install -y icedtea-plugin
No way! :D Sadly there are still sites that require this abomination.

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Re: Newbie HOWTO: FireFox Developer Edition

Unread post by opt1k » Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:09 am

ivanovnegro wrote:
opt1k wrote:
5. Install icedtea (Java)

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sudo apt-get install -y icedtea-plugin
No way! :D Sadly there are still sites that require this abomination.

Some Cisco web device management software requires it unfortunately.

I also found out the hard way that Google blocked java from their development release of Chromium for security concerns.

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