Install Waterfox on Linux: A Step-by-Step Guide
Here is my version for installing the tarball for non-tech people:
(I modified it from an install Firefox tarball to install Waterfox)
install waterfox tarball
Step 1 :download the .tar file and then move it to the directory where you want to install it.
sudo mv waterfox-G4.0.5.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 /opt
(I open two instances of caja as sudo and drag and drop to opt. Leave the opt instance of Caja open for later as you are in it as sudo and it is a root folder)
cd /opt/
([open a terminal and copy and paste)
sudo tar -xjvf waterfox-G4.0.2.1.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
(I use engrampa to decompress the file)
sudo chown -R $USER /opt/waterfox
(copy and paste it chown give you ownership: The chown command allows you to change the user and/or group ownership of a given file, directory, or symbolic link. Do not close the opt instance of caja you can close the download instance of caja)
pluma ~/.local/share/applications/waterfox.desktop
(it’ll open Pluma text editor where you need to insert the specifications of the desktop entry paste the following in the editor and save.)
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Waterfox
Exec=/opt/waterfox/waterfox %u
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/waterfox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;X-Developer;
(pluma already made/opened the file and will save correctly)
chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/waterfox.desktop
( copy and paste: opt is a root folder so it modifies the permissions)
finally you can remove the .tar file using the following command
sudo rm -rf waterfox*.tar.bz2
(Copy and paste the command or you are already in opt a root folder as sudo if you did not close the opt instance of caja which is root so you can just delete it if you have caja set to delete. I would not move it to trash as that is a user folder and not a root folder and will cause problems)
Waterfox is Firefox with the telemetry shut off.