This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revision | ||
start:firefoxesr [2022/03/23 19:51] – peter | start:firefoxesr [2023/08/30 20:35] (current) – peter | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
- | On Ubuntu this is very easy since it comes with a snap of Firefox already. | + | DATE CHECKED THIS PAGE WAS VALID: 30/ |
- | So for Ubuntu changing | + | As we are running a testing version of Debian, it is crucial |
+ | Unfortunately the web browser | ||
- | Open a terminal and list your snaps: | + | So in Debian lets open a terminal and type: |
+ | |||
+ | (Note: If you have a firefox profile you have been using you will need to back that up or you will lose all your tabs/saved passwords etc if you dont make a copy first.) | ||
< | < | ||
- | snap list | + | sudo apt-get purge firefox-esr |
</ | </ | ||
- | Now lets get info on firefox: | + | You will note that if you read the output Debian must have a web browser installed as part of its apt requirements (untrue |
+ | |||
+ | If it does not ask to install another browser you can do it by: | ||
< | < | ||
- | snap info firefox | + | sudo apt-get install chromium |
</ | </ | ||
- | When it completes the ESR version of FF will be installed: | + | Now we need to install snaps: |
- | {{: | + | < |
+ | sudo apt-get autoremove | ||
+ | sudo apt-get install snapd | ||
+ | sudo apt-get install gnome-software-plugin-snap | ||
+ | sudo systemctl list-unit-files | ||
+ | sudo systemctl start snapd.service | ||
+ | sudo snap search firefox | ||
+ | sudo snap info firefox | ||
+ | sudo snap install firefox --channel=esr/ | ||
+ | sudo reboot | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | It is very easy to use snap as you can see. For Debian we have to do a bit more as snap is not installed by default. | + | (Reboot |
- | So in Debian | + | Firefox is now working as the ESR snap on Debian |
+ | === Notes === | ||
+ | Notes: | ||