icecat-bin on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "icecat-bin" 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-bin on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall icecat-bin on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1413087
Name: icecat-bin
PackageBaseID: 201940
PackageBase: icecat-bin
Version: 115.8.0-1
Description: GNU version of the Firefox browser
URL: https://icecatbrowser.org
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.595544
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: xiota
Submitter: xiota
FirstSubmitted: 1706417038
LastModified: 1708500140
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/icecat-bin.tar.gz