brandon-wallace / install_firefox_for_me

Use Python to Install the Latest Firefox Quantum or Developer Edition.

Install Firefox For Me

Install the lastest Firefox Quantum or Developer edition from a tar.bz2 archive.

Requirements: Python3.4+

1. Download the latest firefox-*.tar.bz2 Quantum or Developer edition archive.

2. Make the file executable.

$ chmod +x install_ff.py

3. Run the script to install Firefox Quantum like this.

$ sudo ./install_ff.py --file firefox-83.0.tar.bz2

... or install Firefox Developer Edition with the --dev flag.

$ sudo ./install_ff.py --file firefox-84.0b5.tar.bz2 --dev

4. Create a desktop shortcut that points to /opt/firefox-quantum/firefox

...or /opt/firefox-developer-edition/firefox.