![]() ![]() We need to download 7zSD.sfx which is the self-extracting installer. Note that I can’t tell you what all those parameters do – those are copied directly from the Firefox build scripts.įor the next step, we’ll need to download a file and create a file. This will create a file called app.7z that contains our files. After we’ve made our changes, we want to repackage the files into a 7-Zip archive.ħz a -r -t7z app.7z -mx -m0=BCJ2 -m1=LZMA:d24 -m2=LZMA:d19 -m3=LZMA:d19 -mb0:1 -mb0s1:2 -mb0s2:3 Next we make the updates we want to make, such as replacing setup.exe, changing removed-files.log or adding additional extensions. After you have unpacked the file, move “Firefox Setup 2.0.0.5.exe” into a different directory or remove it. ![]() This will unpack the contents into the directory. Execute the following command to extract the contents of the file: Create a directory and then download Firefox Setup 2.0.0.5.exe. For our example, we’ll use Firefox 2.0.0.5. Let’s talk about how we can manually repackage the installer.įirst thing is to download the installer we want to repackage and unzip it using 7-Zip. These cases included packaging more than two extensions, needing to update the list of files that are removed by the installer and most recently, replacing setup.exe with a rebranded version. ![]() We have documented at least three different cases where we would need to manually repackage the installer (cases where the Firefox Release Repackager won’t work). One of the things I’ve alluded to in a few posts but failed to actually post is how to manually repackage a Firefox 2 installer on Windows. ![]()
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