Ubuntu 22.04 forced Firefox SNAP - How to remove/revert
My system: Ubuntu 22.04 with Unity.
Problems: after Ubuntu forced me to switch to Snap Firefox I had the following problems:
- Click in Unity-Sidebar: it did not launch with the correct profile
- Click on links in other programs: it did not launch with the correct profile and did not show the requested page
- Startup was very slow
RECHERCHE WITH SNAP FIREFOX
Firefox: check profile folder: URL "about:support"
/home/klemens/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox/cxcpp7te.default-1511267128090
cat /usr/bin/firefox # mentiones snap
PURGE FIREFOX SNAP PACKAGE AND INSTALL MOZILLA PPA/DEB
~/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla$ cp -av firefox /teraspace/temp_do_not_backup/snap_firefox_common_.mozilla_firefox
sudo snap remove --purge firefox
snap list | grep firefox # gone
/usr/lib/firefox/firefox --version # not found
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
echo 'Package: firefox*
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam
Pin-Priority: 1001' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox
sudo apt install firefox
which firefox # /usr/bin/firefox
cat /usr/bin/firefox # should not mention snap
Firefox: about:support
/home/klemens/.mozilla/firefox/cxcpp7te.default-1511267128090