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GNU IceCat

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68.7.0 | Updated: 12 Apr 2020

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Downloads of v 68.7.0:

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Maintainer(s):

TheCakeIsNaOH

Software Author(s):

GNU Project

Tags:

foss cross-platform admin unofficial gnu icecat web browser web-browser firefox freedom privacy esr fork

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To install GNU IceCat, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

To upgrade GNU IceCat, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

To uninstall GNU IceCat, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)

Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

Option 2: Internalized Package (Reliable, Scalable)

Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run choco download icecat --internalize --version=68.7.0 --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2 (additional options)
- Run choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'" for package and dependencies
- Automate package internalization

3. Enter your internal repository url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2)

4. Choose your deployment method:


choco upgrade icecat -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade icecat -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode


- name: Ensure icecat installed
  win_chocolatey:
    name: icecat
    state: present
    version: 68.7.0
    source: STEP 3 URL

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'icecat' do
  action    :install
  version  '68.7.0'
  source   'STEP 3 URL'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
    Name: icecat,
    Version: 68.7.0,
    Source: STEP 3 URL
);

Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.


cChocoPackageInstaller icecat
{
   Name     = 'icecat'
   Ensure   = 'Present'
   Version  = '68.7.0'
   Source   = 'STEP 3 URL'
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'icecat':
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  ensure   => '68.7.0',
  source   => 'STEP 3 URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


salt '*' chocolatey.install icecat version="68.7.0" source="STEP 3 URL"

See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.

5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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This package was approved as a trusted package on 12 Apr 2020.

Description

GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser. It aim to be based on the the current official release of Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) with removal of trademarked artwork and proprietary components. Important differences between Mozilla's Firefox and GNU IceCat is that IceCat has a focus on freedom and privacy.

However, IceCat is not a straight fork of Firefox ESR; instead, it is a parallel effort that works closely with and re-bases in synchronization on the latest Firefox ESR as the upstream supplier, with patches merged upstream whenever possible; although it should be noted that additional security updates are customized to IceCat occasionally.

Notes

IceCat developers dropped support for Windows in 2016: "Note that building binary packages for Windows and macOS currently requires non-free software, so we no longer distribute binary releases for those platforms".
This package contains an unofficial version of GNU IceCat installer for Windows x64 only.

Files

tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1

$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
  url64          = 'https://github.com/muslayev/icecat-win64/releases/download/v68.7.0/icecat-68.7.0.en-US.win64.installer.exe'
  checksum64     = 'b98271c0f20d6399a3dbe72159bbc86f0dac5b9a3395dc4561b73882aa65bc39'
  checksumType64 = 'sha256'
  silentArgs     = '-ms'
}

Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

Get-ChildItem $toolsDir\*.exe | ForEach-Object { Remove-Item $_ -ea 0; if (Test-Path $_) { Set-Content "$_.ignore" } }

Virus Scan Results

icecat.68.7.0.nupkg (fa46eb5cb51d) - ## / 62
icecat-68.7.0.en-US.win64.installer.exe (b98271c0f20d) - ## / 68

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Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Version History

Version	Downloads	Last Updated	Status
GNU IceCat 78.12.0	464	Thursday, July 22, 2021	Approved
GNU IceCat 78.11.0	344	Saturday, June 12, 2021	Approved
GNU IceCat 78.10.1	293	Sunday, May 9, 2021	Approved
GNU IceCat 78.9.0	322	Sunday, April 4, 2021	Approved
GNU IceCat 78.7.1	497	Monday, February 15, 2021	Approved
GNU IceCat 78.7.0	319	Saturday, January 30, 2021	Approved
GNU IceCat 78.6.1	536	Saturday, January 9, 2021	Approved
GNU IceCat 78.6.0	299	Friday, December 18, 2020	Approved
GNU IceCat 78.5.0	339	Monday, November 16, 2020	Approved
GNU IceCat 78.4.0	244	Thursday, October 22, 2020	Approved
GNU IceCat 78.3.0	136	Friday, October 9, 2020	Approved
GNU IceCat 68.9.0	737	Thursday, June 4, 2020	Approved
GNU IceCat 68.8.0	250	Thursday, May 7, 2020	Approved
GNU IceCat 68.7.0	261	Sunday, April 12, 2020	Approved
GNU IceCat 68.5.0	326	Monday, March 2, 2020	Approved
GNU IceCat 68.4.1	318	Tuesday, January 14, 2020	Approved
GNU IceCat 68.4.0	125	Friday, January 10, 2020	Approved
GNU IceCat 68.2.0	366	Sunday, October 27, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 68.1.0	294	Thursday, September 5, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.8.0	303	Thursday, July 11, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.7.2	175	Saturday, July 6, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.7.1	167	Tuesday, June 25, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.7.0	315	Thursday, May 23, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.6.3	144	Sunday, May 19, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.6.2	207	Thursday, May 9, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.6.1	301	Sunday, April 21, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.6.0	230	Friday, March 22, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.5.2	196	Friday, March 8, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.5.0	133	Wednesday, March 6, 2019	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.4.0	291	Thursday, December 20, 2018	Approved
GNU IceCat 60.3.0	192	Thursday, November 22, 2018	Approved

Release Notes

GNU IceCat, Firefox ESR

Dependencies

- vcredist2015 (≥ 14.0)

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