Terminal > Windows Registry.

  • PoolloverNathan@programming.devEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    LiNuX uSeR iNsTaLlInG A BrOwSeR haha

    yeah uh…

    • sudo apt install firefox
    • sudo xbps-install firefox
    • sudo pacman -Syu firefox
    • nix-env -iA firefox
      • dezmd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Yeah, totally.

        Just imagine trying to do this with Windows Powershell, without a package manager like chocolatey to make it simple like linux…

        $workdir = "c:\installer\"

If (Test-Path -Path $workdir -PathType Container)

{ Write-Host "$workdir already exists" -ForegroundColor Red}

ELSE

{ New-Item -Path $workdir  -ItemType directory }

$source = "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest&os=win64&lang=en-US"

$destination = "$workdir\firefox.exe"

if (Get-Command 'Invoke-Webrequest')

{

     Invoke-WebRequest $source -OutFile $destination

}

else

{

    $WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient

    $webclient.DownloadFile($source, $destination)

}

Start-Process -FilePath "$workdir\firefox.exe" -ArgumentList "/S"

Start-Sleep -s 35

rm -Force $workdir/firefox*
    • overcast5348@lemmy.world
      0·
      6 months ago

      It’s been 8+ years since I last used Ubuntu on my laptop. I faced massive issues with staying on the latest version of Firefox because apt had a much older version, and installing using the gui installer wouldn’t replace the apt version etc etc. Probably a PEBKAC issue…

      But, I do want to know- is this not an issue any more? Will apt install the latest (or almost latest) version of Firefox? Can I update it from the inbuilt update tool in Firefox?

      • alvendam@lemmy.world
        0·
        6 months ago

        Can I update it from the inbuilt update tool in Firefox?

        Universally regarded as a bad idea on Ubuntu based distros as far as my research goes.

        Probably a PEBKAC issue…

        Staying on the OTB repos in LTS distros and then complaining about software being slow to update is like staying on the OTB mirror, and then complaining that your download speeds suck.

        I’m a Linux noob through and trough, use Glorious Mint, but like… How to get a newer version of VLC, than distributed by upstream is probably the first thing I figured out how to do.

        • Kühe sind toll@feddit.de
          0·
          6 months ago

          Can I update it from the inbuilt update tool in Firefox?

          Universally regarded as a bad idea on Ubuntu based distros as far as my research goes.

          Why?