Browser package for Void Linux ppc64

This is an UNOFFICIAL Mac G5 xbps package for Void ppc64 (glibc). 

It's safe to use, even though it's a bit of a hack.

Recent updates have broken Firefox 91/95 (bad colors) and libicu was updated which broke interweb and older versions of firefox-esr. With the help of a few discord and macrumors members i was able to track down some of the older icu libraries and firefox builds. I did have to compile libicu-69.1 however for FF78. 

Anyway, this package will install:

Arctic Fox 27.12.0 

InterWeb 20201108 

Firefox 68.11-esr 

Firefox 78.14-esr (has some minor color issues) 

and all the required libraries, .desktop files, and icons. 

The browsers themselves will install to /opt. The libraries and icons will go where they need to be in /usr. This will also create the proper menu entries. 

To install void64-browsers-1.0_1.ppc64.xbps (740mb installed) 

sudo xbps-install firefox-esr (to pull in FF91 and it's dependencies)

sudo xbps-install xtools 

then cd /path/to/void64-browsers-1.0_1.ppc64.xbps 

then sudo xdowngrade void64-browsers-1.0_1.ppc64.xbps  

IMPORTANT: To get YouTube working in both Firefox's open about:config Search for webm, and disable all 4 lines (double click to false) Also FF68 and 78 use different profile locations, so they wont share bookmarks, passwords, etc. They can be used without interfering with each other. 

Arctic Fox is less capable, but very light on resources. InterWeb is a great all around light weight browser. Firefox 68 is the best for YouTube, and Firefox 78 is good for google drive, docs, etc.

Download here (247mb)

 

Use at your own risk.

This package was tested, and works on my machine.

It may or may not work on yours.