user.js: Updater.sh is not updating user.js

I am using Arch Linux.

When I execute the updater.sh file, it does nothing. When I run it in the terminal, it shows

This script will update to the latest user.js file and append any custom configurations from user-overrides.js. Continue Y/N? 
y
Status: user.js has been backed up and replaced with the latest version!
Status: Override file appended: user-overrides.js

Updater.sh is in the same location as the user-overrides.js, user.js, updater.bat and everything else that was in the zip file.

I know the .sh file is doing nothing because changes I make in user-overrides.js do not reflect to user.js, which is the intended purpose, right? If there’s something I’m missing, please let me know.

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 2 years ago
Comments: 29 (9 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

updater.sh/prefsCleaner.sh: Check for root Check if running as root and abort if so. Closes: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/issues/1587 — committed to CelestialNebula/user.js by CelestialNebula a year ago
updater.sh/prefsCleaner.sh: Check for root and abort Check if running as root and if any files have the owner/group as root|wheel. Abort on both. Should (hopefully) prevent stuff like: https://githu... — committed to CelestialNebula/user.js by CelestialNebula a year ago
updater.sh/prefsCleaner.sh: Check for root and abort (#1651) * updater.sh/prefsCleaner.sh: Check for root and abort Check if running as root and if any files have the owner/group as root|wheel. A... — committed to arkenfox/user.js by CelestialNebula a year ago

Most upvoted comments

@Opening-Button-8988 - i might suggest starting over because this isn’t making sense

first of all, never run anything using sudo unless it’s necessary

delete all the arkenfox stuff you downloaded - if you have a user-overrides.js, rename it temporarily
go here and save the user.js to your FF profile where prefs.js is located (Ctr+S to save the file)
go here and save the updater.sh file in the same directory
open a terminal and cd to your FF profile directory: cd "$HOME/.mozilla/firefox/<PROFILE_FOLDER_NAME>"
make updater.sh executable: chmod +x updater.sh
run the updater: ./updater.sh -c
start FF > about:config > search for ‘_user’

atomGit on Nov 30, 2022

glad you figured it out - this probably should have given us a clue for helping you but i, for one, missed it…

The updater.sh does update user.js with the latest version online, but does not reflect changes made in user-overrides.js.

atomGit on Dec 1, 2022