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Installation process is similar to the one for Thunderbird Daily (see this blog post).

differences:

  • binary download link:
    # wget "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-nightly-latest-ssl&os=linux64&lang=en-US" -O firefox-nightly.tar.bz2
  • icon link:
    # wget http://www.iconspedia.com/dload.php?up_id=146406 -O ~/.icons/Mozilla-Firefox-Nightly-256.png
  • [code languag="bash" title="desktop entry" fold="true"]
    # cat ~/.local/share/applications/firefox-nightly.desktop
    [Desktop Entry]
    Version=1.0
    Name=Firefox Nightly
    GenericName=Web Browser
    Comment=Browse the Web
    Exec=firefox-nightly %u
    Icon=Mozilla-Firefox-Nightly-256.png
    Terminal=false
    Type=Application
    MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
    StartupNotify=true
    Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
    Keywords=web;browser;internet;
    Actions=new-window;new-private-window;

    [Desktop Action new-window]
    Name=New Window
    Exec=firefox-nightly --new-window %u

    [Desktop Action new-private-window]
    Name=New Private Window
    Exec=firefox-nightly --private-window %u
    [/code]