[Bug 2027828] Re: firefox: No Firefox entry in the Ubuntu MATE menu

[David Hedlund]

** Description changed:

  In Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (upgraded):
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox" (snap) exists (less relevant: it's not added via /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop)
- * Run these steps:
  
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
+ #####################
+ Remove firefox snap package
+ 
+ [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel ships
+ without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed
+ firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it
+ possible to install the firefox ppa package.]
+ 
+ Run these steps (from https://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to-
+ install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22):
  
  echo '
  Package: *
  Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam
  Pin-Priority: 1001
  
  Package: firefox
  Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
  Pin-Priority: -1
  ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox
  sudo snap remove firefox
  
+ echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA-
+ mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee
+ /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox
+ 
  * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed
- * Run: sudo apt install firefox
+ 
+ 
+ ##############################
+ Install firefox
+ 
+ Run:
+ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
+ sudo apt install firefox
+ 
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox" is not added (so "Menu -> Internet" -- is still removed). But /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop has been created
  * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop has been created
  
  Temporary solution:
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

** Description changed:

  In Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (upgraded):
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox" (snap) exists (less relevant: it's not added via /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop)
  
  #####################
  Remove firefox snap package
  
  [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel ships
  without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed
  firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it
  possible to install the firefox ppa package.]
  
  Run these steps (from https://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to-
  install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22):
  
  echo '
  Package: *
  Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam
  Pin-Priority: 1001
  
  Package: firefox
  Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
  Pin-Priority: -1
  ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox
  sudo snap remove firefox
  
  echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA-
  mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee
  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox
  
  * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed
  
- 
  ##############################
- Install firefox
+ Install firefox from this PPA
  
  Run:
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
  sudo apt install firefox
  
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox" is not added (so "Menu -> Internet" -- is still removed). But /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop has been created
  * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop has been created
  
  Temporary solution:
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

** Description changed:

  In Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (upgraded):
- * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox" (snap) exists (less relevant: it's not added via /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop)
+ * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" (snap) exists (less relevant: it's not added via /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop)
  
  #####################
  Remove firefox snap package
  
  [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel ships
  without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed
  firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it
  possible to install the firefox ppa package.]
  
  Run these steps (from https://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to-
  install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22):
  
  echo '
  Package: *
  Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam
  Pin-Priority: 1001
  
  Package: firefox
  Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
  Pin-Priority: -1
  ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox
  sudo snap remove firefox
  
  echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA-
  mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee
  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox
  
  * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed
  
  ##############################
  Install firefox from this PPA
  
  Run:
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
  sudo apt install firefox
  
- * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox" is not added (so "Menu -> Internet" -- is still removed). But /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop has been created
+ * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added.
+ * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (so "Menu -> Internet" -- is still removed)
+ 
+ ##############################
+ Install thunderbird from this PPA
+ 
  * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird
- * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop has been created
+ * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added.
+ * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added
  
- Temporary solution:
- * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
+ ##############################
+ Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu:
+ 
+ * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
+ ~/.local/share/applications/

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