firefox-nightly on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "firefox-nightly" 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-nightly on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                firefox-nightly
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall firefox-nightly on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                firefox-nightly
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "firefox-nightly" 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-nightly's git locally


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


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

ID: 1394352
Name: firefox-nightly
PackageBaseID: 19830
PackageBase: firefox-nightly
Version: 124.0a1+20240128.1+h09a1abcfcfb7-1
Description: Development version of the popular Firefox web browser
URL: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/channel/#nightly
NumVotes: 608
Popularity: 0.028063
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: heftig
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1221056607
LastModified: 1706477996
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/firefox-nightly.tar.gz