[Bug 2027828] Re: firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu (Ubuntu MATE, and Trisquel), but copies of it becomes visible

[David Hedlund]

** 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.
  
  #################################
  Pre-required steps in Ubuntu MATE 22.04 before you run the next sections
  
  * MATE in the default Panel's Classic 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
  
  Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu
  
  Run:
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install firefox
  
  * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot)
  * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file:
  
  Name=Firefox Web Browser
  Exec=firefox %u
  Terminal=false
  X-MultipleArgs=false
  Type=Application
  Icon=firefox
  Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
  MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall;
  StartupNotify=true
  Actions=new-window;new-private-window;
  
  Examine the file:
  * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors
  
  Supprisingly, if you copy the file it will become visible!:
  * cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop
  
  ##############################
  Install firefox-esr from this PPA
  
  Status: Entry visible in the menu
  
  This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but
  not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet"
  
  * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr
  * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry:
  * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file:
  
  Name=Firefox Web Browser
  Exec=firefox-esr %u
  Terminal=false
  X-MultipleArgs=false
  Type=Application
  Icon=firefox-esr
  Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
  MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall;
  StartupNotify=true
  StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102
  Actions=new-window;new-private-window;
  
  desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No
  errors
  
- 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at yyy: The entry
- is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in
+ 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at
+ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The
+ entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in
  /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to
  "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships
  with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop).
  
  ##############################
  
  Install thunderbird from this PPA
  
  Status: Entry visible in the menu
  
  This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet ->
  Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"
  
  * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird
  * MATE in the default Panel's Classic 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
  Terminal=false
  X-MultipleArgs=false
  Type=Application
  Icon=thunderbird
  Categories=Application;Network;Email;
  MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822;
  StartupNotify=true
  Actions=Compose;Contacts
  
  desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No
  errors
  
  ##############################
  Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu:
  
  * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop
  
  or
  
  * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
  ~/.local/share/applications/

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  firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in MATE in the default Panel's
  Classic Menu (Ubuntu MATE, and Trisquel), but copies of it becomes
  visible

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