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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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== Android == | == Android == | ||
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 == | == Arch == | ||
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. | 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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== 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 == | ||
IceCat is available in the Fedora repositories. | IceCat is available in the Fedora repositories. | ||
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== Gentoo == | == Gentoo == | ||
An [https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-overlay IceCat Portage overlay] is available for Gentoo users, courtessey of GitHub user 'kitsunyan' | An [https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-overlay IceCat Portage overlay] is available for Gentoo users, courtessey of GitHub user 'kitsunyan' | ||
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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://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/ | * https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/ | ||
* [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 == | == Guix == | ||
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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] | ||
* [https://wiki.parabola.nu/Icecat Parabola Wiki article about IceCat] | * [https://wiki.parabola.nu/Icecat Parabola Wiki article about IceCat] | ||
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== PureOS == | == PureOS == | ||
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]. | 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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== Trisquel == | == Trisquel == | ||
IceCat is available in the Trisquel repositories. | IceCat is available in the Trisquel repositories. | ||
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== Ubuntu == | == Ubuntu == | ||
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]. | 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]. | ||
Revision as of 07:05, 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.
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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.
