firefox-hg on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "firefox-hg" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install firefox-hg on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall firefox-hg on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "firefox-hg" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone firefox-hg's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/firefox-hg.git 
            
                        
                ~/firefox-hg
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/firefox-hg folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/firefox-hg
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the firefox-hg package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1412543
Name: firefox-hg
PackageBaseID: 97692
PackageBase: firefox-hg
Version: 125.0a1+20240220.1+hef9cbc0f26f8-1
Description: Standalone web browser from mozilla.org - mozilla-unified hg, nightly branding, targeting wayland and x11
URL: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/channel/#nightly
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 1.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: thotypous
Submitter: aya
FirstSubmitted: 1439652965
LastModified: 1708444842
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/firefox-hg.tar.gz