UPDATE: Firefox Snap now is looking good in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS! But still lacks of gnome extension support at the moment.Īlso, Firefox Snap refuses to install Gnome Shell Extensions from, though the chrome-gnome-shell package is properly installed. When using the light theme, it has a dark header bar while all others are light. But Firefox Snap looks a little out of ordinary in Ubuntu 21.10. Why remove Firefox Snap package:ĭefinitely, I don’t hate Snap. So, users may remove the Snap edition if don’t like it in Ubuntu 21.10, and install back the native Deb package. The deb will continue to be supported through the life cycle of 21.10, and the deb to snap transition is scheduled to be completed in 22.04.Īccording to the discussion, Ubuntu will support the Firefox deb until the next (long term support) LTS. If you run one of the flavours, you won’t be affected – yet. This will only impact users of Ubuntu Desktop installing 21.10 or upgrading to 21.10. And the chromium browser in official repository refers to the Snap package. Since Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, the Ubuntu Software is “Snap Store” itself is a snap. A snap package bundles most dependency libraries and runs on top of a separate daemon that developed by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu. Snap is an universal package format runs on all Linux distributions. Default Firefox in Ubuntu is a SNAP package In Ubuntu 22.04, Firefox Deb package is no longer available in system repository! Just like Chromium in Ubuntu, the apt install firefox command even redirects to SNAP. Classic DEB was available in system repository for choice. Ubuntu decided to switch Firefox to Snap package last year when in development of Ubuntu 21.10. The Ubuntu team has plans to finally switched to Mozilla’s official Firefox Snap package as default web browser in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS! This tutorial is also tested and works in Ubuntu 23.04.
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