Firefox

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Firefox is a popular, open-source [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser web browser].

== Installation ==

To install Firefox, firstly enable the [[Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository|Community repository]], then type in the terminal:

For the Extended Support Release (ESR) ({{Pkg|firefox-esr}}):

{{Cmd|# apk add firefox-esr}}

For the current release ({{Pkg|firefox}}):

{{Cmd|# apk add firefox}}

=== Alternatives ===

The Alpine packages does not disable most telemetry and similar tracking shipped by upstream. Consider using {{Pkg|librewolf}}, a privacy-centric fork which disables Mozilla's first-party spyware and analytics:

{{Cmd|# apk add librewolf}}

== Stability ==

If [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1175046 tabs crash], then try disabling hardware acceleration, in the Preferences - Performance menu.

== Notifications ==

For Firefox to use native notifications (e.g.: via a notification daemon) the {{Pkg|libnotify}} package is required.

== DRM content using Widevine workaround ==

To play DRM content (Spotify and other streaming websites) you will have to manually set it up. You will need:

{{Cmd|# apk add {{Pkg|gcompat}} {{Pkg|patchelf}}}}

GMP sandbox needs to be disabled on launch:

{{Cmd|# MOZ_DISABLE_GMP_SANDBOX{{=}}1 firefox}}

Now open <code>about:config</code> and enable <code>media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled</code> and <code>media.gmp-widevinecdm.visible</code>.

Open a [https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm DRM Stream test] to load the plugin then patch the library:

{{cmd|# patchelf --add-needed libgcompat.so.0 ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/gmp-widevinecdm/*/libwidevinecdm.so}}

Finally, reload the page and it should be working (see sources below).

== See Also ==

* [https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?qt=grep&q=firefox Git repositories for Alpine Linux]
* [https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/16783 firefox: plug-and-play widevine support]
* [https://bugs.gentoo.org/910309#c12 crash when trying to play widevine protected content]

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