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How to download and setup Waterfox and Slimjet browsers?
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 3:09 am
by devva231
I managed to figure out how to download and setup Waterfox in MX Linux, but the procedure does not seem to work in AntiX. Slimjet I could also get to download and setup in MX Linux, but the sound never worked. In AntiX it claims to download, then disappears...no icon, and when I click on browser only gawd-awful Firefox opens.Anyone have a blow-by-blow or step-by-step for replacing Firefox with working Waterfox and Slimjet browsers in AntiX?
Re: How to download and setup Waterfox and Slimjet browsers?
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 3:40 am
by KoO
For antiX & Debian.. I have been installing Waterfox like this for years.. This is my way and my way only... (I have no interest in how someone else installs Waterfox)
After Waterfox is installed a folder is made in your home directory .waterfox. I always keep copy of this folder if you need to reinstall antiX or say install Debian or whatever system before reinstalling Waterfox just copy .waterfox all your bookmarks , add-ons and the like will still work as before.
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Add repository and install manually
Run the following as root:
echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/hawkeye116477:/waterfox/Debian_Testing/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:hawkeye116477:waterfox.list
You can add the repository key to apt. Keep in mind that the owner of the key may distribute updates, packages and repositories that your system will trust (more information). To add the key, run:
wget -nv https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:hawkeye116477:waterfox/Debian_Testing/Release.key -O Release.key
apt-key add - < Release.key
apt-get update
apt-get install waterfox
(Slimjet I have no idea)
Re: How to download and setup Waterfox and Slimjet browsers?
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 4:06 am
by Artim
Omygosh, adding a PPA? Far better to just ask for it to be added to our repositories!
Re: How to download and setup Waterfox and Slimjet browsers?
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:06 pm
by anticapitalista
waterfox is in the antiX repo so all you need to do is
apt-get install waterfox
Re: How to download and setup Waterfox and Slimjet browsers?
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:44 pm
by Stevo
Artim wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 4:06 am
Omygosh, adding a PPA? Far better to just ask for it to be added to our repositories!
The openSUSE Build Service is not providing PPAs at all! It can build packages for many different distros in virtual machines, including various Debian and Ubuntu releases, so is much more capable than a PPA. I'm using only a small fraction of its power to build and host Pale Moon packages, for example:
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show ... r/palemoon
and recently used it to build the latest openjdk-12 packages for MX 19, since that's a pain to build on a local machine. Some of the latest Liquorix kernels in the MX test repo were also built on the OBS, and I'm building some new ones right now, too:
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show ... kernels-MX
The sound problem the OP mentioned for Slimjet might be because they haven't installed an ffmpeg.so file yet to add codec support, per:
https://www.slimjet.com/en/libffmpeg.php
The latest Waterfox wasn't really feasible to build on MX, for some reason, but I did recently wrap their appimage in a new waterfox-appimage package that's in the main repo, so that's an option, too:
https://repology.org/project/waterfox-appimage/versions
Re: How to download and setup Waterfox and Slimjet browsers?
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:49 pm
by Artim
Thanks! I've learned something completely new today - again!