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https://github.com/i2p/i2p.firefox

A pre-configured browser profile and accompanying shortcut for easily configuring an I2P browser on Windows.
https://github.com/i2p/i2p.firefox

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A pre-configured browser profile and accompanying shortcut for easily configuring an I2P browser on Windows.

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I2P Easy-Install Bundle for Windows, (Formerly)I2P Browsing Profile for Firefox

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Features:

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- Automatically select an up-to-date, secure browser from the host platform, with Tor Browser and Firefox preferred.

- Automatically configure a profile for I2P

- Automatically block-list all non-I2P local destinations

- Enable first-party isolation, anti-fingerprinting, letterboxing, fusion, other privacy and security options

- Automatically sandbox I2P, Non-I2P, and I2P-Application cookiestores



Build Dependencies:

-------------------



**SHORTCUT:** All the build artifacts can be produced by the description in the `.yaml` files in `.github/workflows`.

These can be run on Github's infrastructure, or on a local(Windows) PC using https://github.com/nektos/act.

Doing things this way deals with all the dependency issues that Windows doesn't really give you a good way to deal with automatically.

It also guarantees that the same base container and environment gets used for every build no matter what machine it runs on.

I highly recommend you use either Github CI or `nektos/act` for dev builds of this software, as it **automates literally every one of the steps**.

CI-based builds follow the `WSL` version of the instructions.



To build this, you will need the following software packages

(all available in Debian and Ubuntu, see WSL section below):



- make

- nsis

- dos2unix

- curl

- jq



These need to be installed in the environment where the NSIS

Package is build, NOT the environment where the java package

is built. These may be different, because you will need to

use a system which provides a Unix-like environment on top of

a Windows system. You can use WSL or Cygwin, and more detailed

instructions are provided below.



Building for Windows target from Linux is not possible unless

you obtain a Windows package from my github.



In addition, you will need the NSIS plugin "ShellExecAsUser" which you can get from the

[NSIS Wiki Page](https://nsis.sourceforge.io/ShellExecAsUser_plug-in). In order to install

the plugin on Debian, Ubuntu, or using `WSL`, you can download the: [7zip release](https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/images/6/68/ShellExecAsUser_amd64-Unicode.7z)

and copy the content of `Plugins` to `/usr/share/nsis/Plugins`.



```sh

cp -rv Plugins/* /usr/share/nsis/Plugins/

```



Including a jpackaged I2P Router

--------------------------------



**Prerequisites:** You need to have OpenJDK 14 or greater installed and configured

with your `%JAVA_HOME%` environment variable configured and `%JAVA_HOME%/bin` on

your `%PATH%`. You need to have Apache Ant installed and configured with `%ANT_HOME%`

environment variable configured and `%ANT_HOME%/bin` on your `%PATH%`. You must have

Cygwin installed. You must have `NSIS.exe` installed and `makensis` available on your

`%PATH%`. You must have Git for Windows installed. When installing git for Windows,

you should select "Checkout as is, commit as is" and leave line-endings alone.



The Windows build tools listed above must be installed on the Windows host machine.



TODO: Add links to the respective instructions for each of these.



**Note that after the dependencies are installed, this step is automated**

**with `./buildscripts/build.sh`.**



In order to include a jpackaged(dependency-free) I2P router in the Profile

Bundle you will need to build the jpackaged I2P router as an "App Image" on

a Windows system and place it into a directory called `I2P` in your `i2p.firefox`

checkout. Building without a jpackage is no longer supported.



Assuming a working java and jpackage environment on your Windows system, the

following command should generate a suitable "App Image" in a directory

called "I2P."



        export I2P_VERSION=0.9.49

        cp -R ../i2p.i2p/pkg-temp/lib build/lib

        jpackage --type app-image --name I2P --app-version "$I2P_VERSION" \

          --verbose \

          --resource-dir build/lib \

          --input build/lib --main-jar router.jar --main-class net.i2p.router.RouterLaunch



Transfer the I2P directory to the machine where you build i2p.firefox if

necessary, then complete the regular build instructions. If a jpackaged I2P router

isn't present to use at build time, the inclusion will be skipped automatically

with a non-fatal warning.



Pre-built app-images are available from my daily releases at:



        https://github.com/eyedeekay/i2p.plugins.firefox/releases/



Windows Build

-------------



After installing the dependencies and completing the preparations,

just run `buildscripts/unsigned.sh`.  This will produce the install.exe - the

windows installer, which sets up the shortcuts to launch Firefox on Windows.

Building without a jpackage is no longer supported.



When generating a build it's important to make sure that the

licenses for all the bundled softare are included. This should happen

automatically. When bundling software, describe the terms and where

they are applied in the `LICENSE.index`, then add the full license

to the `licenses` directory. Then, add the full license to the `cat`

command in the `build/licenses` make target. The build/licenses

target is run automatically during the build process.



End-to-End Windows build process using WSL(**Recommended**)

-----------------------------------------------------------



**See `config.sh` and `i2pversion` for instructions on how to tweak**

**the build process. File an issue if you need help.**



**If you've already done this once, you can just use:** `./unsigned.sh`

**in `git bash`** to automatically build an installer. If you

are using this method, you may use the `makensis` and `make` from

Ubuntu in WSL.



 1. [Set up Windows Subsystem for Linux per Microsoft's instructions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#manual-installation-steps)

 2. [Install Ubuntu Focal per Microsoft's instructions](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n6svws3rx71)

 3. Open Git Bash.

 4. Install prerequisites `wsl sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install make nsis nsis-pluginapi dos2unix curl jq`

 5. Clone `i2p.i2p` and `i2p.firefox`



        git clone https://github.com/i2p/i2p.i2p

        git clone https://github.com/i2p/i2p.firefox



 6. Move to the i2p.i2p directory. Build the .jar files required to build the App Image

  inside i2p.i2p. Return to home.



        cd i2p.i2p

        ant clean pkg

        cd ..



 7. Move into the i2p.firefox directory. Run the `./buildscripts/build.sh` script.



        cd i2p.firefox

        ./buildscripts/unsigned.sh



 8. Compile the NSIS installer using WSL.



        wsl make



End-to-End Windows build process using Cygwin(More difficult than WSL for now)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------



I highly recommend you look into the Chocolatey package manager, which makes it much

easier to configure these tools and keep them up to date.



**Prerequisites:** In addition to the other prerequisites, you will need to to have

`make` installed with `cygwin`. For our purposes, as long as everything else is

set up and you're using git bash, that is enough to make the scripts compatible with

`cygwin`. Cygwin builds without git bash are not likely to work.



1. Run the Cygwin `setup-$arch.exe` for your platform to set up new packages. Select the `make` `jq` `dos2unix` and `curl` packages.

2. Open a cygwin terminal.

3. Clone `i2p.i2p` and `i2p.firefox`



        git clone https://github.com/i2p/i2p.i2p

        git clone https://github.com/i2p/i2p.firefox



4. Move to the i2p.i2p directory. Build the .jar files required to build the App Image

  inside i2p.i2p. Return to home.



        cd i2p.i2p

        ant clean pkg

        cd ..



5. Move into the i2p.firefox directory. Run the `./buildscripts/unsigned.sh` script.



        cd i2p.firefox

        ./buildscripts/unsigned.sh



Doing a Release

---------------



Once you have the installer `.exe` file produced by NSIS, you're almost ready to

do a release. As a final step, someone must sign the `.exe` file using a

Certificate which Windows will recognize. Standard Windows signing tools are used.



```sh

./release.sh

```



produces the binary and the su3.



Issues

------



To report issues against this browser profile, please file issues

at [the official Gitlab](https://i2pgit.org/i2p-hackers/i2p.firefox)

or the [Github Mirror](https://github.com/i2p/i2p.firefox). Issues

pertaining to the plugins may be reported to their upstream

maintainers if it's determined that our configuration is not at

fault.



## Credits



This profile manager makes use of a set of browser extensions which are largely the work of others.

It makes use of dependencies that are the work of others. In many ways, it's merely an elaborate

configuration tool. A smart one, but a configuration tool nonetheless. Many thanks to the following

projects, developers, and communities:



### Firefox and Chrome Extensions



- [NoScript - Giorgio Maone and others](https://noscript.net)

- [HTTPS Everywhere - Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere)

- [uBlock Origin - Raymond Gorhill and others](https://ublockorigin.com/)

- [LocalCDN - nobody and others](https://www.localcdn.org/)

- [jShelter - Libor Polčák and others](https://jshelter.org/)



### Firefox Configuration Modifiations



- [Arkenfox - Thorin Oakenpants and Others](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/)



You can find the license files for each of the these projects in the `src/i2p.firefox.*.profile/extensions/*`

directory for Firefox, and the `src/i2p.chromium.*.profile/extensions/*.js/*` directories for Chromium within

the [`i2p.plugins.firefox`](https://i2pgit.org/idk/i2p.plugins.firefox) project.



I2P in Private Browsing is developed on Gitlab and Github by idk and the community:

 - https://i2pgit.org/idk/I2P-in-Private-Browsing-Mode-Firefox

 - https://github.com/eyedeekay/I2P-in-Private-Browsing-Mode-Firefox