Switch from Snap to DEB Firefox on Kubuntu
Steps may change in the future.
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sudo snap remove firefox
- Follow https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions
- However, in step 5: onfigure APT to prioritize packages from the Mozilla repository, use the command below:
echo ' Package: * Pin: origin packages.mozilla.org Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: firefox Pin: version 1:1snap* Pin-Priority: -1 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox
- However, in step 5: onfigure APT to prioritize packages from the Mozilla repository, use the command below:
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sudo apt install firefox
- To ensure that unattended upgrades do not reinstall the snap version of Firefox:
echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "namespaces/moz-fx-productdelivery-pr-38b5/repositories/mozilla:mozilla";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox