Package Details: waterfox-bin 1:6.7.6-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/waterfox-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: waterfox-bin
Description: Current/modern generation of customizable privacy-conscious web browser.
Upstream URL: https://www.waterfox.net
Keywords: firefox waterfox-g6 webextension
Licenses: MPL-2.0
Conflicts: waterfox
Provides: waterfox
Submitter: hawkeye116477
Maintainer: Exorcism (AutoUpdateBot)
Last Packager: AutoUpdateBot
Votes: 62
Popularity: 2.03
First Submitted: 2023-09-19 22:33 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-10-13 15:22 (UTC)

Dependencies (14)

Required by (1)

Sources (2)

Pinned Comments

envolution commented on 2025-08-30 19:14 (UTC) 

upstream continues to replace the release versions despite (multiple) issues submitted that suggest this is improper.

While it's possible for this package to 'skip' shasums, I'm reluctant to do this for a web browser.

If you find this package suddenly has shasum mismatch errors, please visit
https://github.com/envolution/aur/issues/new?template=build_request.yml

and issue a build request for waterfox-bin

Latest Comments

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ranger commented on 2026-09-13 08:10 (UTC)

@Exorcism,

can you remove the epoch = 1 from the PKGBUILD? It is both not needed and a potential cause of problems.

tee commented on 2026-05-20 11:21 (UTC)

upstream url is now: https://waterfox.com

sanvido commented on 2026-04-10 00:05 (UTC)

The Linux tarball for Waterfox 6.6.11 currently downloads and extracts fine, but its SHA512 does not match the official checksum published on the Waterfox download page.

Official published SHA512:
3f33c720f2ec8c23321dbb94ca60cf17baad96f7ca7f37e8be0328694a0217c523c078ae047e94b7b4b6caeb5568a5cc9d9a93bef9b7956324f2fae60b468c0e

Downloaded file SHA512:
5a735e9c410c8d20f141e4c5bb7ee1d86bbe44315c8f24b64a697c02252538bfa75bfa485ccee8d1a18aa87faf85a147b6a614107b6e8d4ef59d75deedda8437

The archive is valid:

file: bzip2 compressed data
bzip2 -tv: ok
bsdtar -tf: lists a normal waterfox/ tree

application.ini inside the tarball shows:

Vendor=BrowserWorks
Name=Waterfox
Version=140.10.0
BuildID=20260409181142
SourceRepository=https://github.com/BrowserWorks/waterfox

So this looks like a real Waterfox build, but the artifact currently served by the CDN does not match the checksum published on the official download page.

papavlos commented on 2026-04-09 21:58 (UTC) (edited on 2026-04-09 22:00 (UTC) by papavlos) 

==> Validating source files with sha512sums...
    waterfox-6.6.11-1.tar.bz2 ... FAILED
    waterfox.desktop ... Passed
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

Exorcism commented on 2026-03-29 03:00 (UTC)

@steelwing This is a local issue with your yay cache being in a detached HEAD state. Try clearing it and reinstalling:

yay -Sc --aur
yay -S waterfox-bin

Or manually fix it:

cd ~/.cache/yay/waterfox-bin
git checkout master
git pull

steelwing commented on 2026-03-29 01:52 (UTC)

Attempting to update via yay from 6.6.9 to 6.6.10 is failing:

:: (0/1) Failed to download PKGBUILD: waterfox-bin
 -> error fetching waterfox-bin: You are not currently on a branch.
Please specify which branch you want to rebase against.
See git-pull(1) for details.

    git pull <remote> <branch> 
     context: exit status 1

solarfire commented on 2026-03-05 15:17 (UTC)

Could you add a conflict with the non-binary waterfox package? https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/waterfox

XenGi commented on 2026-02-25 11:58 (UTC)

Something seems to be wrong

==> Entering fakeroot environment...
/usr/share/makepkg/util/config.sh: line 40: compgen: command not found

ranger commented on 2026-02-19 19:22 (UTC)

Is the

epoch = 1

really necessary? The sha512sums is the same, only difference for the final package is the the "Mainterner" -> "Maintainer" fix.

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