Installation

Initial Set Up

You can download the updater scripts from the releases page of shadowfox-updater. Place the updater script in a convenient location for future use.

Making the file executable

When you first download the updater, you will have to make the file executable:

• macOS

  • Open Terminal and use the following command:

  chmod +x path_to_file

  You can get the file path by dragging/dropping the file onto the terminal window

  • You will also have to confirm you want to open the file because it is from an unidentified developer:
  • Right click > open
  • Dialog box will ask if you are sure you want to open it. Select "Open".

• Windows

  Your browser might have marked the downloaded executable as having come from the internet. Running it in that state might trigger a "Microsoft has protected your computer" warning. You can either:

  • click the "More info" link on that screen and then click the newly added "Run anyway" button, or
  • right-click the file in Explorer, choose "Properties" from the context menu, check the "Unblock" checkbox on the tab "General" and click on "Apply" or "OK".

• Linux

• ToDo - Please contribute here if you can

Running the updater script

• macOS

  • Double click the file.

• Windows

• ToDo - Please fill in if you can

• Linux

• ToDo - Please fill in if you can

When you run the updater, you will be presented with your installation options (including what profile you want to install ShadowFox in and whether or not extensions should be styled). If necessary, it will create a chrome directory, backup any existing userChrome.css or userContent.css files, download the current ones from the ShadowFox repo, and create the ShadowFox customization files.

For more information on customization, see here.