mozilla-common on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "mozilla-common" 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 mozilla-common on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                mozilla-common
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall mozilla-common on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                mozilla-common
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "mozilla-common" 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 mozilla-common's git locally


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


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

ID: 1379139
Name: mozilla-common
PackageBaseID: 165968
PackageBase: mozilla-common
Version: 1.4-7
Description: Helper for forks of the Mozilla codebase which still support NPAPI
URL: https://www.mozilla.org/
NumVotes: 21
Popularity: 0.410407
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: nicolarevelant
Submitter: ConnorBehan
FirstSubmitted: 1619133464
LastModified: 1704216070
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mozilla-common.tar.gz