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==== Linux ====
===== Why is Nightly provided as a tar.bz2 archive? Do I have to compile it? =====We build and provide distribution-neutral binaries and these binaries can be installed and updated without any dependency to a package manager. You don't have to compile anything, just unarchive the tar.bz2 file into your 'TODO'/home'' or your ''/opt'' folder if you want to make it available to all the accounts on your machine and launch the ''firefox'' file from your shell. If you want to create a Launcher for your app, you will need to create a ''.desktop'' file, here is on our blog an article about it for Ubuntu and Unity: [Getting Firefox Nightly to stick to Ubuntu’s Unity Dock https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2016/09/19/getting-firefox-nightly-to-stick-to-ubuntus-unity-dock/] ===== Is Nightly available as a .deb/.rpm? =====Mozilla does not provide packages (.deb/.rpm) for Linux, our tar.bz2 binaries work on all distributions which meet Firefox [system requirements https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/aurora/system-requirements/]. ===== Is there a Nightly repository for my distro? =====Mozilla does not maintain repositories for distributions, some volunteers maintain their own repository or ppa but usually those are not maintained over time for Nightly. The advised installation method is to use Mozilla-provided builds and its software updater. ===== Is there a FlatPak/Snap package =====We have plans to provide Snap binaries of Firefox and once this is ready, we will probably propose also them for Nightly. The tracking bug is [Automate generation of Firefox snap packages https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297513]. We don't have plans for FlatPack yet but there is a bug open: [Use Flatpak framework to distribute Firefox for Linux users https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278719] There is an unofficial Firefox Flatpak repository created by the Fedora/RedHat maintainers for testing purposes: https://firefox-flatpak.mojefedora.cz/ If you are on Ubuntu, here is a detailed article on how to install it here: [How to Install Firefox Nightly as a Flatpak App on Ubuntu http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/02/install-firefox-nightly-flatpak-ubuntu]
