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title: "Manual Firefox install on Debian"
date: 2019-05-11 15:26:15 +0200
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# Install downloaded archive

Download and unpack archive under `/opt`. Note: top level directory
in archive is `firefox`, does not contain version.

# Creating a GNOME launcher

From https://wiki.debian.org/Firefox:

```plain /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox ''Your version''
Comment=Web Browser
GenericName=Web Browser
X-GNOME-FullName=Firefox ''Your version'' Web Browser
Exec=/path/to/firefox/firefox %u
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=/path/to/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
StartupWMClass=Firefox
StartupNotify=true
```

# Setting it as default

See [previous post]({% post_url 2017-10-11-chaging-default-browser-for-gnome-on-debian %}).

