Installing Firefox Developer Edition on Ubuntu

install_firefox_dev.sh`

#!/bin/bash
# 1. chmod +x install_firefox_dev.sh
# 2. ./install_firefox_dev.sh
# Define download URL and destination directory
DOWNLOAD_URL="https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-devedition-latest-ssl&os=linux64&lang=en-US"
DEST_DIR="/opt/firefox-developer"

# Download the latest Firefox Developer Edition tarball
echo "Downloading Firefox Developer Edition..."
wget -O firefox-developer.tar.bz2 "$DOWNLOAD_URL"

# Extract the tarball and move to /opt
echo "Installing Firefox Developer Edition..."
tar -xjf firefox-developer.tar.bz2
sudo rm -rf $DEST_DIR
sudo mv firefox $DEST_DIR

# Create a symbolic link to access firefox binary easily
sudo ln -sf $DEST_DIR/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-developer

# Create desktop entry for ease of access
echo "Creating desktop entry..."
sudo tee /usr/share/applications/firefox-developer.desktop > /dev/null <<EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox Developer
GenericName=Firefox Developer Edition
Exec=/usr/local/bin/firefox-developer
Terminal=false
Icon=$DEST_DIR/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
Type=Application
Categories=Development;WebBrowser;
EOF

# Cleanup downloaded tarball
rm firefox-developer.tar.bz2

echo "Firefox Developer Edition installation completed. You can start it from your applications menu or run 'firefox-developer' from the terminal."

give permissions chmod +x install_firefox_dev.sh
run script ./install_firefox_dev.sh