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    [–] boredsquirrel 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

    It is the same thing. Just that base Ubuntu supposedly doesnt have snap, but sudo apt install firefox installs snap and then snap firefox.

    So not sure why the base install doesnt have snap, but it mailny lacks FF and TB which are only available as snap and will automatically pull snap in.

    [–] zecg@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    You should add a PPA before installing so it has a source for non-snap Firefox

    [–] jnk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

    Either that or stop babysitting canonical and use debian instead

    [–] boredsquirrel 1 points 6 months ago

    Mozilla has the instructions. but it is more than just adding the repo.

    # create dir for apt keyrings
    sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
    
    # add apt repo key
    wget -q https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg -O- | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc > /dev/null
    
    # verify the apt repo
    gpg -n -q --import --import-options import-show /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc | awk '/pub/{getline; gsub(/^ +| +$/,""); if($0 == "35BAA0B33E9EB396F59CA838C0BA5CE6DC6315A3") print "\nThe key fingerprint matches ("$0").\n"; else print "\nVerification failed: the fingerprint ("$0") does not match the expected one.\n"}'
    
    # add apt repo
    echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null
    
    # change apt preferences to ACTUALLY USE THIS REPO
    echo '
    Package: *
    Pin: origin packages.mozilla.org
    Pin-Priority: 1000
    ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla 
    
    # install
    sudo apt update && sudo apt install firefox