Too many problems snap firefox.
Apt not snap !
I can not understand why using snap !
The debian packages management system is really good. Also firefox is nice browser !
After updated from 20.04 to 22.04. I got a message that an update was pending.
Normal case type following commands.
kill all firefox sudo snap ref
However same notification “pending update of firefox snap …..”.
Actually I feel bad !!
Someday, I found “mozillateam/ppa” !! so I change snap to deb !
Before you go any further you want to backup/export any important browser settings, bookmarks, and other data.
- changing root user.
$ sudo -i #
- Remove the Firefox Snap after stop using firefox.
# snap remove firefox
- Add the (Ubuntu) Mozilla team PPA
# add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
- Alter the Firefox package priority to ensure the PPA/deb/apt version of Firefox is preferred.
# echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox
- Since you’ll (hopefully) want future Firefox upgrades.
# echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox
- final step !
# apt install firefox firefox-locale-en firefox-locale-ja
# also you need locales ex; firefox-locale-ja
- if getting strange notification
# snap set system refresh.metered=null
Note:
debian package has long time history and stable package management system. Which is much more stable ?
The answer is ….. Firefox is very important for me. because its useful l web debugging system.