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browser-downloader
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Utility to download the latest browser builds
Downloads the latest and nightly version of browser builds. Intended for use with cron scripts and other tasks to automate deployment.
$ browser-downloader targetDir
Will download all browser applications and validate that the modern.ie image is up to date.
$ browser-downloader vm targetDir
Will download and install the latest modern.ie VM image so it may be manually configured for testing.
The Edge VM installation requires the following:
z7a
on PATH
brew install p7zip
vmrun
on PATH
export PATH="$PATH:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/"
FAQs
Utility to download the latest browser builds
The npm package browser-downloader receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, browser-downloader popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that browser-downloader demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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