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== Platform specific instructions == | == Platform specific instructions == | ||
=== Windows === | === Windows === | ||
==== How do I install Firefox Nightly alongside Firefox Release? ==== | ===== How do I install Firefox Nightly alongside Firefox Release? ===== | ||
Here is a video tutorial explaining how to install Firefox Nightly on Windows alongside an existing installation of Firefox: | Here is a video tutorial explaining how to install Firefox Nightly on Windows alongside an existing installation of Firefox: | ||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvh3PxD_p50 Install Firefox Nightly cleanly on Windows] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvh3PxD_p50 Install Firefox Nightly cleanly on Windows] | ||
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=== Linux === | === Linux === | ||
==== Why is Nightly provided as a tar.bz2 archive? Do I have to compile it? ==== | ===== 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. | We build and provide distribution-neutral binaries and these binaries can be installed and updated without any dependency to a package manager. | ||
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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/] | 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? ==== | ===== 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/]. | 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? ==== | ===== 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. | 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. | The advised installation method is to use Mozilla-provided builds and its software updater. | ||
==== Is there a FlatPak/Snap package ==== | ===== 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 [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297513 Automate generation of Firefox snap packages]. | 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 [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297513 Automate generation of Firefox snap packages]. | ||