Zen Browser Debian

This repository contains unofficial deb packages of the zen browser. As well as instructions on how to build the deb packages from the official tarballs.

It is basically an attempt to reverse engineer the provided install script for the zen browser, found at the link below, for the purpose of creating deb packages. https://updates.zen-browser.app/install.sh

Steps to recreate

1. Clone this repository and enter the folder

git clone https://github.com/sh4r10/zen-browser-debian.git && cd zen-browser-debian

2. Get the latest official tarball for the zen-browser from here.

wget https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/latest/download/zen.linux-x86_64.tar.xz

3. Look through the variables at the top of the create-zen-deb.sh script, you should only really need to change the version and possibly the tarball name

PACKAGE_NAME="zen-browser"
VERSION="1.11.2b"
ARCH="amd64"
TARBALL="zen.linux-x86_64.tar.xz"
BUILD_DIR="${PACKAGE_NAME}_${VERSION}"
INSTALL_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/opt/zen"
BIN_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/usr/local/bin"
DESKTOP_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/usr/local/share/applications"

4. Run the script

./create-zen-deb.sh

If everything goes to plan, you should now have .deb file in your folder. This can then be installed with dpkg or uploaded to an apt repo.

dpkg -i name-of-file.deb

You can also download an already built deb file from the releases section and install it in the same way.