Questions and Installation Issue with Mercury Browser v.121.0.1
brynne8 opened this issue · comments
I recently started using the Mercury browser and downloaded the latest version v.121.0.1. I have a few questions and encountered an installation issue that I hope you can help me with:
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Profile Import from Firefox: Should I directly import my profile from Firefox to Mercury? If so, is there a recommended process for this?
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Multiple Profiles in
about:profiles
: In theabout:profiles
section of Mercury, I noticed two profiles: 'default-default' which is currently in use, and another profile simply named 'default' that isn't in use. Why are there two profiles, and what's the difference between them? -
Installation Issue on Lubuntu: Initially, I downloaded the
mercury-browser_121.0.1_amd64.deb
file for installation on Lubuntu. However, I encountered an error stating, "It does not appear to be a valid Debian package file." Subsequently, I tried using the zip package, but after extracting, I found adata.tar
file, which didn't seem to follow the structure of a portable package. Interestingly, when I changed the file extension of the zip file to.deb
, the installation was successful. Could you please clarify if this is an expected behavior or if there's a specific installation procedure for Lubuntu?
btw how can i install this release on windows? i see only linux files
btw how can i install this release on windows? i see only linux files
The author has explain this
UPDATE: Having machine issues, plz wait for the Windows builds, they should come soon!
Lubuntu... deb
... #91. Should be fixed now.
All Firefox forks I've tried recently create an empty, unused profile folder, so this is some upstream Firefox issue. I don't know whether it is intentional. I'm unable to find a Bugzilla report specifically about it, but from comments, it may have been around since Firefox 67.
Porting profiles between Firefox forks is probably not recommended, but is possible.
- Run the new fork to let it create the profile.
- Close all Firefox forks.
- Locate the new profile folder.
- Delete contents of the new profile folder.
- Copy contents of the old profile folder into the new one.
- Run new fork with
--allow-downgrade
option, likemercury-browser --allow-downgrade
- The fork should update the profile.
@xiota Mercury does not differ from Firefox enough to cause profile corruption. (Just make sure that the version numbers are within ~2 major releases of each other). However, note that Mercury has Pocket disabled, so any Pocket related stuff in your profile will be ignored (but not deleted).
And @Rozbiynk Windows releases are out now.
And yeah @brynne8 Having two profile dirs like that is normal for Firefox based browsers.