firefox-dev

Summary

Downloads Firefox Developer Edition from Mozilla’s distribution server for the current OS, extracts the archive, and makes the firefox binary available.

Syntax / Usage

zi pack for firefox-dev
zi pack"bgn" for firefox-dev

Available profiles: default, bgn.

Details

• Provides: the firefox (or firefox-bin) executable, accessible via pick (default) or sbin shim (bgn).
• default profile ices: is-snippet, as"command", nocompile, lucid, pick"**/firefox(|-bin)(|.exe)", mv"%ID% -> ff.pkg", atclone (uses ziextract with platform-appropriate format: tar.bz2 on Linux, dmg on macOS, exe on Windows), atpull"%atclone".
• bgn profile ices: is-snippet, as"null", nocompile, lucid, sbin"**/firefox(.exe|-bin) -> firefox", same mv/atclone/atpull. Requires the bin-gem-node annex.
• The download URL is constructed dynamically using $OSTYPE to select linux64, osx, or Windows variants, with lang=en-US.
• ziextract --norm is used on Linux to normalize the extracted directory structure; on macOS the .dmg is handled without --move.

Examples

# Install Firefox Developer Edition, accessible as a command
zi pack for firefox-dev

# bgn shim variant
zi pack"bgn" for firefox-dev

Caveats / Common Mistakes

• On macOS, the .dmg extraction requires ziextract from zdharma-continuum/zinit-annex-bin-gem-node or a compatible annex.
• The binary is downloaded for the current OS at install time; switching OS requires reinstalling.

See Also

• pkg-overview — how zi pack works