<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> </head> <body> <div> <div> <div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> I just nuked snap altogether and it works really well for me. I don’t like it when snap throws up in my /dev</div> <div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <br> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <br> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Try removing snap itself and reinstalling if that helps.</div> </div> <div id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature"> <div><br> </div> >From LilyWhite with love</div> </div> <hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex="-1"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf of Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 16, 2021 7:07:36 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: Trying to remove FireFox</font> <div> </div> </div> <div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> <div class="PlainText">On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 at 09:11, Grizzly via ubuntu-users<br> <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:<br> ><br> > on two boxies (21.10 Unity & 21.10 Gnome) that told me firefox was not<br> > installed, even though the icon was sitting there, so I then went<br> <br> Yes, it's a snap now.<br> ><br> > sudo snap remove firefox<br> ><br> > only to get (wording like)<br> ><br> > Firefox is in a refresh cycle<br> <br> I am not very familiar with snaps -- I removed Snap support on my<br> server, and one of my laptops now runs Mint, so although I re-enabled<br> it for things like Slack and Spotify, nothing is in a snap by default.<br> <br> But I'd update everything from the command line in the usual way, then<br> reboot, then use the GUI updater, get it to upgrade everything it can,<br> reboot *again*, and _then_ try.<br> <br> FWIW I have found that I can enable Ubuntuzilla same as ever, and get<br> current versions from there.<br> <br> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/ubuntuzilla/wiki/Main_Page/">https://sourceforge.net/p/ubuntuzilla/wiki/Main_Page/</a><br> <br> But my main browser since 2017 has been Waterfox Classic, because it<br> still supports classic Firefox addons. I don't like Firefox Quantum<br> much. The addons are finally catching up now, but they're still<br> crippled compared to the old ones, and the browser is less<br> customisable than before. Since I primarily used it because of its<br> customisability, and only secondarily because it's FOSS not just<br> freeware, that is very sad.<br> <br> Apropos of nothing, I wrote about this last week:<br> <br> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/04/waterfox_firefox_fork/">https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/04/waterfox_firefox_fork/</a><br> <br> -- <br> Liam Proven ~ Profile: <a href="https://about.me/liamproven">https://about.me/liamproven</a><br> Email: lproven@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lproven@gmail.com<br> Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven<br> UK: (+44) 7939-087884 ~ Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053<br> <br> -- <br> ubuntu-users mailing list<br> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br> </div> </span></font></div> </body> </html>