tmfi - The missing Firefox installer
Mozilla provides prebuilt versions of Firefox for macOS, Windows and Linux. Unfortunately, the Linux version is just a tarball, so it does not create a menu entry or install itself in $PATH.
tmfi fixes this. It's a script which:
- Downloads the latest Firefox Linux archive
- Creates a symbolic link in
$HOME/.local/bin - Installs a menu entry in
$HOME/.local/share(or in$XDG_DATA_HOMEif it's defined)
Usage
Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/agateau/tmfi
Run the script:
Optionally, specify the language with ./tmfi --lang LANGUAGE_CODE (Have a look at https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/latest/README.txt for the list of supported languages).
What about updating?
The Firefox binaries provided by Mozilla auto-update themselves, so there is no need to re-run the script later.