How to setup Firefox Developer Edition on Ubuntu
This blog is a tutorial for setting up Firefox Developer version on Ubuntu.
Harrsh Patel
Do you want to install and use Firefox Developer Edition on your Ubuntu and donβt know how to go about it?! If your answer is yes, then this article is for you. Am sure youβve seen some documentations out there but in this one we will add Firefox Developer Edition to our Unity launcher. Youβre welcome! π
Please follow the steps belowβ¦
Step 1Download the firefox*.tar.bz2 file from Mozillaβs website.
Step 2
Open Terminal.
Step 3
Navigate to the folder where the file is saved.
Step 4
Copy firefox*.tar.bz2 file to the /opt folder.
sudo cp -rp firefox*.tar.bz2 /opt
Step 5
Delete the downloaded firefox*.tar.bz2 file.
sudo rm -rf firefox*.tar.bz2
Step 6
Navigate to the /opt directory.
cd ~cd /opt
Step 7
Un-tar the firefox*.tar.bz2 file in opt folder.
sudo tar xjf firefox*.tar.bz2
Step 8
Delete the firefox*.tar.bz2 file in opt folder.
sudo rm -rf firefox*.tar.bz2
Step 9
Change ownership of the folder containing Firefox Developer Edition /opt/firefox
sudo chown -R $USER /opt/firefox
Step 10
Create the Firefox Developer Edition's shortcut
nano ~/.local/share/applications/firefox_dev.desktop
The content of this file is,
[Desktop Entry]Name=Firefox DeveloperGenericName=Firefox Developer EditionExec=/opt/firefox/firefox %uTerminal=falseIcon=/opt/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.pngType=ApplicationCategories=Application;Network;X-Developer;Comment=Firefox Developer Edition Web Browser.StartupWMClass=Firefox Developer Edition
Step 10
Mark the launcher as trusted and make it executable.
chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/firefox_dev.desktop
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I hope this article has helped you to set-up your new Firefox Developer Edition.
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Harrsh Patel

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