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Proton.me not liking firefox version. Says its not compatable
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Wondering if I should get rid of firefox snap and download the normal version?
How to install Firefox as a traditional deb package (without snap) in Ubuntu 22.04 or later versions?
As far as I see in the ongoing development for 22.04 Jammy, Firefox is a Snap package. The related Deb package in apt is just a shortcut/link to the that snap version. I prefer my installation not ...
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I'm not sure if anybody has asked this yet. I think we've all just made assumptions, but I may have missed a post and a reply.
Has anyone asked you how you installed Firefox in the first place? Normally, Ubuntu will ship with Firefox. Did you do something else to install it, such as add a PPA or maybe install from a .deb that you found somewhere?
If you remove all old Firefox browsers first before doing this
To install Firefox for Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions from the Mozilla PPA - APT repository, instead of snap packages do the following:
1) Create a directory to store APT repository keys - if it doesn't already exist check this location first - if it exists then skip this step
2) Import the Mozilla APT repository signing key:
If you do not have wget installed, you can install it with:
3) Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list:
4) Configure APT to prioritize packages from the Mozilla repository:
5) Update your package list and install the Firefox .deb package:
For those of you who would like to use Firefox in a different language than American English, Mozilla has created .deb packages containing the Firefox language packs. To install a specific language pack, replace fr - (French) in the example below with the desired language code:
To list all the available language packs, you can use this command after adding the Mozilla APT repository and running
To install Firefox for Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions from the Mozilla PPA - APT repository, instead of snap packages do the following:
1) Create a directory to store APT repository keys - if it doesn't already exist check this location first - if it exists then skip this step
2) Import the Mozilla APT repository signing key:
If you do not have wget installed, you can install it with:
3) Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list:
4) Configure APT to prioritize packages from the Mozilla repository:
5) Update your package list and install the Firefox .deb package:
For those of you who would like to use Firefox in a different language than American English, Mozilla has created .deb packages containing the Firefox language packs. To install a specific language pack, replace fr - (French) in the example below with the desired language code:
To list all the available language packs, you can use this command after adding the Mozilla APT repository and running
I would. And by "normal," I hope you mean the repo version.
Even Debian Stable, certainly far behind the leading edge, is on 140. I avoid snaps at all costs. And I do mean ALL COSTS. I'll use appimage if absolutely, positively necessary, but I'm currently using none. Firefox is in every distro repository I know of, but I certainly don't know of every one. It's absolutely in the Ubuntu repositories.
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I believe it came with the distro.How to install Firefox as a traditional deb package (without snap) in Ubuntu 22.04 or later versions?
As far as I see in the ongoing development for 22.04 Jammy, Firefox is a Snap package. The related Deb package in apt is just a shortcut/link to the that snap version. I prefer my installation not ...
I'm not sure if anybody has asked this yet. I think we've all just made assumptions, but I may have missed a post and a reply.
Has anyone asked you how you installed Firefox in the first place? Normally, Ubuntu will ship with Firefox. Did you do something else to install it, such as add a PPA or maybe install from a .deb that you found somewhere?
Wait, what? Ubuntu has gone so far as to require snaps for basic packages? I admit I haven't been paying attention to it for some time. This just reinforces my belief that Ubuntu is a distro to stay far away from.
I agree 100%.
Condobloke
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Ditto. Agreed.
Do yourself a favour and install Linux Mint 22.3
Download Linux Mint 22.3 - Linux Mint
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All you need is the .iso for mint on a usb, boot to it, and install.
No need to clear the drive,etc, the install of Linux Mint will do that for you.
Simple
Straightforward.
It works
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No snaps.
Condobloke
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Whatever rocks your boat.
I took up Linux Mint in ~ 2013 and have not missed a step since.
Reliable
The distro with the best support
Don't be fooled, -- it is not a beginners distro ----- there is no such thing in existence.
It is, however, the most popular.
Actually quite strange I installed Ubuntu 24.04 in a vm and I get the most recent Firefox version with snap. Can you share the output of "snap info firefox"?
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