[kwlug-disc] sadness in Ubuntu land

[CrankyOldBugger]

Seems like we're not the only ones concerned about FF as a Snap:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to-install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04

OMGUbuntu takes a more in-depth look at how to fix this.


On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 12:41 AM Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, at 00:23, Chris Frey wrote:
>
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> firefox : PreDepends: snapd but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
>
> It may be as simple as Ubuntu's (snap-installing) deb has a slightly
> higher version that the one from the third-party repo, rather than a
> malicious modification to apt itself. You should be able to use apt pinning
> to say `firefox` should only be installed from a specific repo. This might
> also prevent the dependency warning message.
>
> A mocked-up /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozillateam:
>
>     Package: firefox
>     Pin release o=mozillateam
>     Pin-Priority: -10
>
> However, I don't actually have an Ubuntu machine to test, so you may need
> to adjust that. I got this from the following URLs:
>
>   1.
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/449426/pinning-package-using-own-repository-and-apt-get
>   2. https://linux.die.net/man/5/apt_preferences
>
> If you're looking for alternative distros, Fedora is nice. I switched from
> Ubuntu about 10 years ago now, and have been very happy.
>
> If you're just trying to avoid the startup issues associated with snap,
> the flatpak firefox from flathub works well. It's provided by Mozilla, and
> is indistinguishable from the native firefox. I have it installed for
> troubleshooting and honestly have few issues with it.
>
> --
> *Chris Irwin*
>
> email:   chris at chrisirwin.ca
>   web: https://chrisirwin.ca
>
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