How-to Install Firefox 23 Nightly on ArchLinux 2012 Kde4 32bit Easy Visual-Guide

This Guide Show How-to Install Firefox Nightly 23 32bit for ArchLinux 2012 KDE4 i686 Desktop.

 

The Firefox Nightly Version can Coexist with the Others Firefox Versions without Troubles, this Mean that Once Fired Up it Will Just Load the Default Firefox Environment.

 

More than this Once Installed it Will Plug-In the Firefox Nightly Channel and Like Every Other Firefox Version in the Future will Follow to be Automatically Updated to the Newest Firefox Nightly Release. So it is Not a Wasting Time because You Install It Once and Keep Forever Freshly Updated :)

 

Inside the Instructions you will Find also a Link to How-to Create a Launcher for the Firefox Nightly Browser on Arch-Linux Desktop.

1. Download Firefox Nightly for Linux:

   Firefox 23 i686 tar.bz2

   The Nightly Release is on American English Language So to Go-Trunky you Have Only this Choice...
2. Double-Click on the Archive and Extract Firefox into /tmp Directory
   
3. Open Terminal Window
   
4. Relocate Firefox

   Login as SuperUser

   su

   mkdir -p /opt/firefox

   Move the Firefox-Nightly Directory

   mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox/nightly

   Adding Nightly to the System Path by a Symlink

   ln -s /opt/firefox/nightly/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-nightly

   Next you Can Start Firefox Nightly from Terminal Simply with

   firefox-nightly

5. Create a Nightly Launcher for Easy-Starting:

   KDE4 Application Launcher

   How-to Create a KDE4 Application Launcher for Quick-Starting.