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#!/bin/bash | |
# Warning: Assumes /opt is used for installation dir | |
cd ~/Downloads | |
curl --location -o firefox.tar.gz "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-devedition-latest-ssl&os=linux64&lang=en-US" | |
tar --extract --verbose --preserve-permissions -f firefox.tar.gz --use-compress-program=xz | |
INSTALL_DIR="/opt/firefox" | |
# Check if the installation directory already exists | |
if [ -d "$INSTALL_DIR" ]; then | |
echo "Removing existing Firefox installation..." | |
sudo rm -rf "$INSTALL_DIR" | |
fi | |
# Move the new installation with sudo | |
sudo mv firefox "$INSTALL_DIR" | |
# Create a symbolic link | |
sudo ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/firefox" /usr/bin/firefox | |
DESKTOP_FILE="/usr/share/applications/firefox-developer.desktop" | |
# Check if desktop entry exists and create if it doesn't | |
if [ ! -f "$DESKTOP_FILE" ]; then | |
echo "Creating desktop entry file..." | |
sudo tee "$DESKTOP_FILE" > /dev/null << EOL | |
[Desktop Entry] | |
Name=Firefox Developer Edition | |
GenericName=Web Browser | |
Comment=Browse the Web | |
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox %u | |
Terminal=false | |
Type=Application | |
Icon=/opt/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png | |
Categories=Network;WebBrowser; | |
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; | |
StartupNotify=true | |
EOL | |
echo "Desktop entry file created." | |
else | |
echo "Desktop entry file already exists." | |
fi | |
# Update desktop database | |
sudo update-desktop-database | |
echo "Firefox Developer Edition installation completed and added to application menu." |
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