Francisco Jiménez Cabrera
Francisco Jiménez Cabrera I have always been interested in computer and technology scene. Currently, I spend my days working as a web developer at Canonical.

Install Firefox from .deb (not from snap) on Ubuntu

Install Firefox from .deb (not from snap) on Ubuntu

The latest Ubuntu LTS ships Firefox as a snap instead of a deb package. But if you prefer to install the browser in the traditional way like me, here is how you can do it.

The first step is to block the package from the Ubuntu repository:

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$ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/firefox-no-snap 
Package: firefox*
Pin: release o=Ubuntu*
Pin-Priority: -1

Then make sure you remove Firefox:

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sudo apt purge firefox
sudo snap remove --purge firefox

Now, let’s add the Mozilla PPA to our system:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA-mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox

Now we can install the deb package:

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sudo apt update
sudo apt install firefox

And Voilà!

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