Group: IceCat/Links to distributions

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IceCat is maintained by volunteers on a "labor of love" basis. As such, community participation is essential, in order to keep the project healthy and serving the interests of it's users. Anyone who is interested in packaging IceCat or liberated versions of other Mozilla programs, and anyone who would like to help with documentation or artwork, or who may wish simply to voice their opinions (aka. bike-shed) about aspects of it's development; such as: which features should be enabled or disabled, what the home page should look like, what is the default search engine, etc, is encouraged to subscribe to the [https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnuzilla-dev 'gnuzilla-dev' mailing list], or request to join the [https://savannah.gnu.org/project/memberlist.php?group=gnuzilla Gnuzilla team on Savannah].
 
IceCat is maintained by volunteers on a "labor of love" basis. As such, community participation is essential, in order to keep the project healthy and serving the interests of it's users. Anyone who is interested in packaging IceCat or liberated versions of other Mozilla programs, and anyone who would like to help with documentation or artwork, or who may wish simply to voice their opinions (aka. bike-shed) about aspects of it's development; such as: which features should be enabled or disabled, what the home page should look like, what is the default search engine, etc, is encouraged to subscribe to the [https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnuzilla-dev 'gnuzilla-dev' mailing list], or request to join the [https://savannah.gnu.org/project/memberlist.php?group=gnuzilla Gnuzilla team on Savannah].
  
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= Distros in which an IceCat Package is Available =
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Note that if your distro is not listed below, you can always install the [https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ Gnuzilla release].
  
 
== Android ==
 
== Android ==
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IceCatMobile is available in the [https://f-droid.org/de/packages/org.gnu.icecat/ F-Droid] repositories.
 
IceCatMobile is available in the [https://f-droid.org/de/packages/org.gnu.icecat/ F-Droid] repositories.
  
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== Arch ==
  
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== Arch ==
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IceCat is available in the Arch User Repositories (AUR) and as a [https://www.parabola.nu/packages/libre/x86_64/icecat/ binary package] from the Parabola project.
  
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IceCat is available in the Arch User Repositories (AUR)
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* AUR packages: [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/icecat/ icecat (AUR)], [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/icecat-bin/ icecat-bin (AUR)]
  
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* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications/Internet#Firefox_spin-offs Listed in the Arch wiki with Firefox spin offs including icecat and icecat-bin]
  
 
== Debian ==
 
== Debian ==
  
 
IceCat is not available in Debian; but there is an open [https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=637348 packaging request] for it. For now, it is recommended for users of Debian to install the [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-05/msg00010.html Trisquel package], or the [https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ Gnuzilla release].
 
IceCat is not available in Debian; but there is an open [https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=637348 packaging request] for it. For now, it is recommended for users of Debian to install the [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-05/msg00010.html Trisquel package], or the [https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ Gnuzilla release].
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== Fedora ==
 
== Fedora ==
  
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* [https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/icecat icecat at the fedora packages] [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/icecat/ RPMS/Source page]
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IceCat is available in the Fedora repositories.
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== Gentoo ==
 
== Gentoo ==
  
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A portage overlay (like an additional repository) by one person
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An [https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-overlay IceCat Portage overlay] is available for Gentoo users, courtessey of GitHub user 'kitsunyan'
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* [https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-overlay Portage overlay from kitsunyan/foxy-overlay] [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-07/msg00021.html source]
 
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== gNewSense ==
 
== gNewSense ==
  
 
IceCat is not available in gNewSense; but there is a [https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-dev/2019-03/msg00002.html discussion about it] . For now, it is recommended for users of gNewSense to install the [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-05/msg00010.html Trisquel package], or the [https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ Gnuzilla release].
 
IceCat is not available in gNewSense; but there is a [https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-dev/2019-03/msg00002.html discussion about it] . For now, it is recommended for users of gNewSense to install the [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-05/msg00010.html Trisquel package], or the [https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ Gnuzilla release].
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== GNU ==
 
== GNU ==
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* [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gnuzilla Gnuzilla/Icecat in the Free Software Directory]
 
* [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gnuzilla Gnuzilla/Icecat in the Free Software Directory]
  
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== Guix ==
  
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== GUIX ==
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Guix users could use the IceCat from Guix, or run the 'makeicecat' script to produce an up-to-date IceCat source tarball from the corresponding Firefox ESR source tarball.  The 'makeicecat' script can be found in the Gnuzilla git repository noted in the 'GNU' section above; or get the source by using ''guix build --source icecat''
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You could use the IceCat from Guix, or you could run the 'makeicecat' script yourself to produce an up-to-date IceCat source tarball from the corresponding Firefox ESR source tarball.  You can find 'makeicecat' in the Gnuzilla git repository noted in the 'GNU' section above.
 
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* [https://guix.gnu.org/packages/icecat-60.7.0-guix1/ GUIX] [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-06/msg00012.html source of information] Get the source by using ''guix build --source icecat''
 
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== Parabola ==
 
== Parabola ==
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* [https://www.parabola.nu/packages/?sort=&q=icecat&maintainer=&flagged= Parabola package search for icecat]
 
* [https://www.parabola.nu/packages/?sort=&q=icecat&maintainer=&flagged= Parabola package search for icecat]
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* [https://wiki.parabola.nu/Icecat wiki about icecat]
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* [https://wiki.parabola.nu/Icecat Parabola Wiki article about IceCat]
  
 
== PureOS ==
 
== PureOS ==
  
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* [https://tracker.pureos.net/T413 icecat is not in repo, listed in the wishlist]
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IceCat is not available in PureOS; but there is an open [https://tracker.pureos.net/T413 packaging request] for it. For now, it is recommended for users of PureOS to install the [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-05/msg00010.html Trisquel package], or the [https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ Gnuzilla release].
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* [https://repo.pureos.net/pureos/pool/main/p/purebrowser/ source of purebrowser]
 
  
 
== Trisquel ==
 
== Trisquel ==
  
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* [https://trisquel.info/de/forum/abrowser-or-icecat discussion in the forum about "Abrowser or IceCat?"]
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IceCat is available in the Trisquel repositories.
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* [https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/abrowser-help Wiki page about abrowser] "Abrowser is Trisquel's version of Mozilla's popular web browser with the trademarked logos replaced."
 
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* [https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/tree/flidas/helpers/DATA/firefox abrowser in the gitlab of Trisquel]
 
  
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=== Trisquel 8 ===
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== Ubuntu ==
  
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done by one person, x86_64 only, x86 on request:
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IceCat is not available in Ubuntu. It is recommended for users of Ubuntu to install the [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-05/msg00010.html Trisquel package], or the [https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ Gnuzilla release].
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*  [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-05/msg00021.html source of information] [https://dwalden.co.uk/assets/icecat-60.7.0-gnu2.tar.bz2 software source] [https://dwalden.co.uk/assets/icecat-60.7.0.en-US.linux-x86_64_trisquel8.tar.bz2 binary]
 
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== Ubuntu ==
 
  
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* [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IceCat The Ubuntu wiki states to download Icecat from gnu.org]
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{{featured resource|month=September|year=2019}}

Latest revision as of 13:02, 5 September 2019

IceCat is maintained by volunteers on a "labor of love" basis. As such, community participation is essential, in order to keep the project healthy and serving the interests of it's users. Anyone who is interested in packaging IceCat or liberated versions of other Mozilla programs, and anyone who would like to help with documentation or artwork, or who may wish simply to voice their opinions (aka. bike-shed) about aspects of it's development; such as: which features should be enabled or disabled, what the home page should look like, what is the default search engine, etc, is encouraged to subscribe to the 'gnuzilla-dev' mailing list, or request to join the Gnuzilla team on Savannah.

Distros in which an IceCat Package is Available

Note that if your distro is not listed below, you can always install the Gnuzilla release.

Android

IceCatMobile is available in the F-Droid repositories.

Arch

IceCat is available in the Arch User Repositories (AUR) and as a binary package from the Parabola project.

Debian

IceCat is not available in Debian; but there is an open packaging request for it. For now, it is recommended for users of Debian to install the Trisquel package, or the Gnuzilla release.

Fedora

IceCat is available in the Fedora repositories.

Gentoo

An IceCat Portage overlay is available for Gentoo users, courtessey of GitHub user 'kitsunyan'

gNewSense

IceCat is not available in gNewSense; but there is a discussion about it . For now, it is recommended for users of gNewSense to install the Trisquel package, or the Gnuzilla release.

GNU

The vanilla icecat/gnuzilla:

Guix

Guix users could use the IceCat from Guix, or run the 'makeicecat' script to produce an up-to-date IceCat source tarball from the corresponding Firefox ESR source tarball. The 'makeicecat' script can be found in the Gnuzilla git repository noted in the 'GNU' section above; or get the source by using guix build --source icecat

Parabola

IceCat is available in the Parabola repositories.

PureOS

IceCat is not available in PureOS; but there is an open packaging request for it. For now, it is recommended for users of PureOS to install the Trisquel package, or the Gnuzilla release.

Trisquel

IceCat is available in the Trisquel repositories.

Ubuntu

IceCat is not available in Ubuntu. It is recommended for users of Ubuntu to install the Trisquel package, or the Gnuzilla release.

This page was a featured resource in September 2019.


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