How to create a custom Firefox installation?
I would like to install a custom version of Firefox on several computers. I would like to customize Firefox in the following ways:
- Set the default language to English. - Set the default search engine to Google, and set the language of Firefox's default search engine to English. - Open new tabs by default (instead of new windows). - Set the home page to a particular web site. - Pre-installed with a PDF viewer. - Pre-installed with a few additional plugins.
I'd like to create a single custom version of Firefox that I can distribute to these other computers, rather than doing all of the setup by hand. These machines will probably be Windows, but I am working from a Mac. I know how to do some of these on my own installation of Firefox (e.g., modifying the about:config file, modifying my Preferences) but don't know how to make something I can deploy.
How might I accomplish this?
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Firefox by default already does almost all of these (Language, new tabs instead of windows, built in PDF reader, etc.) If you want to deploy additional settings, http://mike.kaply.com/cck2/ might be able to help.
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Firefox by default already does almost all of these (Language, new tabs instead of windows, built in PDF reader, etc.) If you want to deploy additional settings, http://mike.kaply.com/cck2/ might be able to help.
Thanks for the prompt response! I found the PDF reader IS a default; excellent news.
I experimented a little with CCK2. While I can set the home page, CCK2 doesn't have everything. Or rather, some solutions are not obvious:
1) The interface for setting the default search engine is buggy; I cannot seem to use Google in another language. 2) I cannot set the language of Firefox. 3) An option for toggling "new tabs by default" does not exist. I can only find it in my Mac's "Preferences Pane", not even in about:config.
I should clarify that Firefox will be installed on computers at a computer lab in a different country. Assume the national language of the country is NOT English (though the users will be using English Firefox). The ideal solution would package up a custom Firefox into a single file (with all the above modifications) that can be downloaded and installed. A less ideal solution would be a list of files need to be modified and their locations - along with instructions for modification.
Please contact Mike Kaply for assistance with CCK2.
For the language issue, just make sure you use an English US build of Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
Thanks! Upon toying around with CCK2 a bit, that turned out to be the solution I was looking for; it actually had everything I needed.
I also didn't realize that the variable for "new tabs by default" is browser.link.open_newwindow .