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

[David Hedlund]

Paul: I have filed many details in this issue, would you like to help me
to try to solve it?

** Description changed:

  In Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (upgraded):
- * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" (snap) exists (less relevant: it's not added via /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop)
+ * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Information about the entry:
+ 
+ /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
+ 
+ Name=Firefox Web Browser
+ ...
+ Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u
+ Terminal=false
+ Type=Application
+ Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png
+ 
  
  #####################
  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
  
  * /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
  * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added.
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added
  
  ##############################
  Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu:
  
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
  ~/.local/share/applications/

** Description changed:

  In Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (upgraded):
- * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Information about the entry:
+ * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about the entry:
  
  /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
  
  Name=Firefox Web Browser
- ...
  Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u
- Terminal=false
- Type=Application
  Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png
- 
  
  #####################
  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
  
  * /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
- * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added.
- * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added
+ * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry:
+ * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file:
+ 
+ Name=Thunderbird Mail
+ Exec=thunderbird %u
+ Icon=thunderbird
+ 
  
  ##############################
  Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu:
  
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
  ~/.local/share/applications/

** Description changed:

  In Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (upgraded):
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about the entry:
  
  /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
  
  Name=Firefox Web Browser
  Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u
  Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png
  
  #####################
  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
  
  * /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
  
+ This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet ->
+ Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"
+ 
  * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry:
  * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file:
  
  Name=Thunderbird Mail
  Exec=thunderbird %u
  Icon=thunderbird
  
- 
  ##############################
  Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu:
  
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
  ~/.local/share/applications/

** Summary changed:

- firefox: No Firefox entry in the Ubuntu MATE menu
+ firefox: No Firefox entry in the menu for MATE

** Summary changed:

- firefox: No Firefox entry in the menu for MATE
+ firefox: No Firefox entry in the menu for MATE -- For ex. Ubuntu MATE, and Trisquel (that comes without snap)

** Description changed:

  In Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (upgraded):
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about the entry:
  
  /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
  
  Name=Firefox Web Browser
  Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u
  Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png
  
  #####################
  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.]
+ [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a
+ GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) 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
  
  * /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
  
  This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet ->
  Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"
  
  * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry:
  * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file:
  
  Name=Thunderbird Mail
  Exec=thunderbird %u
  Icon=thunderbird
  
  ##############################
  Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu:
  
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
  ~/.local/share/applications/

** Description changed:

  In Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (upgraded):
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about the entry:
  
  /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
  
  Name=Firefox Web Browser
  Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u
  Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png
  
  #####################
- Remove firefox snap package
+ Ubuntu: Remove firefox snap package
  
  [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a
  GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) 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
  
  * /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
  
  This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet ->
  Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"
  
  * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry:
  * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file:
  
  Name=Thunderbird Mail
  Exec=thunderbird %u
  Icon=thunderbird
  
  ##############################
  Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu:
  
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
  ~/.local/share/applications/

** Description changed:

  In Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (upgraded):
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about the entry:
  
  /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
  
  Name=Firefox Web Browser
  Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u
  Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png
  
  #####################
  Ubuntu: Remove firefox snap package
  
  [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a
  GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) 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 update
  sudo apt install firefox
  
  * /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
  
  This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet ->
  Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"
  
  * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry:
  * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file:
  
  Name=Thunderbird Mail
  Exec=thunderbird %u
  Icon=thunderbird
  
  ##############################
  Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu:
  
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
  ~/.local/share/applications/

** Description changed:

- In Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (upgraded):
- * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about the entry:
+ #################################
+ Ubuntu MATE 22.04
+ 
+ * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about
+ the entry:
  
  /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
  
  Name=Firefox Web Browser
  Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u
  Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png
  
- #####################
- Ubuntu: Remove firefox snap package
+ ¤¤¤¤
+ Remove firefox snap package
  
  [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a
  GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) 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 update
  sudo apt install firefox
  
  * /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
  
  This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet ->
  Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"
  
  * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry:
  * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file:
  
  Name=Thunderbird Mail
  Exec=thunderbird %u
  Icon=thunderbird
  
  ##############################
  Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu:
  
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
  ~/.local/share/applications/

** Description changed:

+ This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or
+ Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in
+ live mode.
+ 
  #################################
  Ubuntu MATE 22.04
  
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about
  the entry:
  
  /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
  
  Name=Firefox Web Browser
  Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u
  Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png
  
  ¤¤¤¤
  Remove firefox snap package
  
  [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a
  GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) 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 update
  sudo apt install firefox
  
  * /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
  
  This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet ->
  Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"
  
  * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird
  * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry:
  * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file:
  
  Name=Thunderbird Mail
  Exec=thunderbird %u
  Icon=thunderbird
  
  ##############################
  Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu:
  
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
  ~/.local/share/applications/

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  firefox: No Firefox entry in the menu for MATE -- For ex. Ubuntu MATE,
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