I never heard of any 'portable' installation on Linux (doesn't mean that it's not possible). On my system (Linux Mint Debian Edition), Firefox instal some files in : (on a machine without Firefox installed ?) Have you already test/use it (beside the adobe flash plugin) ? You have installed firefox on a removable disk, and you plan to plug this disk to an other Linux machine and make it work ? 3, simply add the -profile command to the executable. firefox -no-remote -PįAQ: How to use the new USB profile with windows:įor Windows just use the Portable Firefox from and run the same commands (step no. To create a new profile run: cd firefox_圆4]#. This is Mozilla's default folder skeletton for application settings (like seamonkey, thunderbird or B2G). Download, install and migration Learn how to download Firefox on your desktop devices or move information to and from other browsers. I've created my profile inside USB_DEVICE/.mozilla/firefox. You can create a new profile with the -P command as shown below. Run firefox with command line to create a new profile: '$PWD/./.mozilla/firefox/YOUR_PROFILE_ID'ģ. '$PWD/firefox_圆4/firefox' -no-remote -profile Here's my startup.sh that I have placed on my usb device ( $PWD is the current directory (example: USB_DEVICE/firefox_圆4). Copy the firefox directory to your portable device Please remember: the flash-plugin is a binary file, no compilation process is needed!ġ. Optionally: Download the UNIX version of the flash-plugin binary from and copy it from the archive. It's usually in /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/. Go to unpack_directory/firefox/browser/plugins ( firefox 22+).Īdd a short link to your installed flash-plugin binary ( libflasplayer.so). Make your firefox portable for Linux (all versions):ĭownload the latest release of Firefox and unpack it on your usb device: How to Use Mozilla Firefox, Portable with flash plugin

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