Mozilla for Debian-based Linux distributions, in .deb format, launched Firefox Nightly installer. Mozilla Corporation today issued a press release, saying that Debian, Ubuntu Linux Mint and other Debian-based distributions, launched the. deb format Firefox Nightly browser installer to facilitate users to more easily install the above distributions. deb format of the Firefox Nightly browser installation package, so that users can more easily install in the above distribution.
One of the highlights of this update is the ability to install Firefox Nightly in .deb format using the APT repository, which is a significant change for those who use traditional binaries distributed as .tar.bz2 archives.
With Mozilla’s APT repository, users and administrators can install and update Firefox just like any other application on their system.
With the switch to the .deb format, Firefox Nightly is also intelligently optimized for the compiler, which can further improve performance.
Mozilla has strengthened the installation package files and enabled all the necessary security flags to ensure a safer browsing experience. You’ll also get the latest updates faster because the package is tied to the Firefox release process and eliminates the need to create your own .desktop file.
The following steps to set up the APT repository and install the Firefox Nightly .deb package:
First, import the Mozilla APT repository signing key.
wget -q https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg -O- | gpg –dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/packages.mozilla.org.gpg > /dev/null
The fingerprint should be 35BA A0B3 3E9E B396 F59C A838 C0BA 5CE6 DC63 15A3
gpg –quiet –no-default-keyring –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/packages.mozilla.org.gpg –fingerprint | awk ‘/pub/{getline; gsub(/^ +| +$/ ,””); print “\n”$0″\n”}’
Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list.
echo “deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/packages.mozilla.org.gpg] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/ sources.list.d/mozilla main sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null
Update your package list and install the Firefox Nightly .deb package.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox-nightly
For those who want to use Firefox Nightly in a language other than American English
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