icecat on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "icecat" 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 icecat on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall icecat on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "icecat" 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 icecat's git locally


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


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

ID: 1416163
Name: icecat
PackageBaseID: 14169
PackageBase: icecat
Version: 115.8.0-1
Description: GNU version of the Firefox ESR browser
URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git
NumVotes: 250
Popularity: 0.154901
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: figue
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1197195125
LastModified: 1708995826
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/icecat.tar.gz