Firefox Developer on Linux

Install developer version of Firefox on Linux

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Firefox is one of the best open source browsers. Developed and maintained by Mozilla, it offers a simple interface and support for various plugins and extensions.

Firefox Developer Edition is the extremely fast browser that offers cutting-edge development tools and latest features

Download

Para fazer o download do browser, acesse o link abaixo

Firefox Developer Edition

When downloading comes a compressed file, by default a shortcut will not be created as it is just an extraction.

Creating the icon

For the shortcut to be created follow the steps below.

• First extract the file into an easily accessible folder, in my case I like to put third-party programs in the /opt folder

sudo tar -jxvf firefox-94.0b9.tar.bz2 -C /opt/

• Create a shortcut to make the program easier to run;

sudo ln -sf /opt/firefox-developer/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-developer

• Open the text editor and paste the code below

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox Developer
GenericName=Firefox Developer Edition
Exec=/opt/firefox-developer/firefox
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/firefox-developer/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;X-Developer;
Comment=Firefox Developer Edition Web Browser.

• Save the file with the name of firefox-developer.desktop
• Now open the terminal and enter the commands below.

sudo chmod +x firefox-developer.desktopsudo mv firefox-developer.desktop /usr/share/applications

• (optional) steps 3,4 and 5 summarized in one command.

echo -e '
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox Developer
GenericName=Firefox Developer Edition
Exec=/opt/firefox-developer/firefox
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/firefox-developer/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;X-Developer;
Comment=Firefox Developer Edition Web Browser.
' | sudo tee /usr/share/applications/firefox-developer.desktop

Now just look in the menu or type firefox-developer in the terminal.

Thanks for reading!

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