Multiple versions of Firefox-bin (resolved)

Anon-E-moose · Last edited by Anon-E-moose on Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:13 am; edited 1 time in total

It is possible to have multiple versions of firefox-bin without modifying the ebuild?
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fedeliallalinea · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 6:48 pm Post subject:

I think you can download an old version and create a symlink to executable.
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Anon-E-moose · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:12 pm Post subject:

I'm running 78.15 and wanted to play with 91.* or 103.* without dropping 78*.

I know I could do it by modifying the ebuild to use a different dir than /opt/firefox, say /opt/firefox-91,
and I could just manually load it down in either /opt or /usr/local/<somewhere>
but I was curious as to whether a normal unmodified ebuild would allow multiple versions.

I don't need the symlinks in /usr/bin, nor the icons as they're already loaded down.
I create a desktop that calls /opt/firefox/* directly rather than use the default one that calls /usr/bin/firefox-bin

Edit to add: looks like if I want to have multiple versions and use portage to manage them, I'll need to change the name from firefox-bin to something else and modify the ebuild accordingly.

So, it will be easier for me to just download the binary tarball and put it in /opt/ff91 or /opt/ff103, for example, and set a new user profile for them.
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