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There is an issue with Firefox and the DownloadHelper extension when installed as a snap. Firefox must be uninstalled as a snap and reinstalled as a deb from mozilla's ppa. | There is an issue with Firefox and the DownloadHelper extension when installed as a snap. Firefox must be uninstalled as a snap and reinstalled as a deb from mozilla's ppa. | ||
sudo snap remove firefox | |||
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa | |||
sudo apt update | |||
Add the following to the new file /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla | Add the following to the new file /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla | ||
Package: firefox* | Package: firefox* | ||
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Pin-Priority: 1001 | Pin-Priority: 1001 | ||
sudo apt install firefox | |||
Latest revision as of 11:37, 12 September 2023
This has always been the Ubuntu Default.
I still like it better but it continues to lose market share(Sept. 2021)
There is an issue with Firefox and the DownloadHelper extension when installed as a snap. Firefox must be uninstalled as a snap and reinstalled as a deb from mozilla's ppa.
sudo snap remove firefox
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
sudo apt update
Add the following to the new file /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla
Package: firefox* Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001
sudo apt install firefox