** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Pre-required steps in Ubuntu MATE 22.04 before you run the next sections * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about the entry: /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to- install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22): echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: firefox Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 Pin-Priority: -1 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox sudo snap remove firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed + * In GNOME: The firefox icon will be removed at reboot ############################## Install firefox from this PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot) * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors Supprisingly, if you copy the file it will become visible!: * cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop ############################## Install firefox-esr from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
** Summary changed: - firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu (Ubuntu MATE, and Trisquel), but copies of it becomes visible + firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in GNOME, or MATE ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. + ################################# - Pre-required steps in Ubuntu MATE 22.04 before you run the next sections + Pre-required steps - * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web - Browser". Selected information about the entry: + About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu + * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". + * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. + Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to- install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22): echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: firefox Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 Pin-Priority: -1 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox sudo snap remove firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox - * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed - * In GNOME: The firefox icon will be removed at reboot + * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed. But the Panel icon will not be removed, you have to remove it manually. + * In GNOME: The firefox icon will be removed at reboot from both the menu, and the Favorite icon will be removed as well. ############################## Install firefox from this PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox - * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot) - * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: + * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). but if you copy the desktop icon it will become visible: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop + * Ubuntu: Firefox is not added to the menu. It will not become visible if you make a copy of /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop (the method that works for Ubuntu MATE) + + * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information + about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors - - Supprisingly, if you copy the file it will become visible!: - * cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop ############################## Install firefox-esr from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. - ################################# Pre-required steps About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu - * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". + * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to- install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22): echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: firefox Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 Pin-Priority: -1 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox sudo snap remove firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed. But the Panel icon will not be removed, you have to remove it manually. * In GNOME: The firefox icon will be removed at reboot from both the menu, and the Favorite icon will be removed as well. ############################## Install firefox from this PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). but if you copy the desktop icon it will become visible: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * Ubuntu: Firefox is not added to the menu. It will not become visible if you make a copy of /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop (the method that works for Ubuntu MATE) * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr - * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: - * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: + * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: + * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu + + * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected + information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird - * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: + * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. + * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu + + Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Pre-required steps About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] - Run these steps (from https://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to- - install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22): + Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- + install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): + + sudo snap remove firefox echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 + ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox - Package: firefox - Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 - Pin-Priority: -1 - ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox - sudo snap remove firefox - echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- - mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee - /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox + echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA-mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox + * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed. But the Panel icon will not be removed, you have to remove it manually. * In GNOME: The firefox icon will be removed at reboot from both the menu, and the Favorite icon will be removed as well. ############################## Install firefox from this PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). but if you copy the desktop icon it will become visible: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * Ubuntu: Firefox is not added to the menu. It will not become visible if you make a copy of /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop (the method that works for Ubuntu MATE) * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# - Pre-required steps + Firefor snap About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox + echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- + mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee + /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox - echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA-mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox - - - * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed. But the Panel icon will not be removed, you have to remove it manually. - * In GNOME: The firefox icon will be removed at reboot from both the menu, and the Favorite icon will be removed as well. + * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: Menu -> Internet -- has been removed. But the Panel icon will not be removed, you have to remove it manually. + * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): Firefox is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from this PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). but if you copy the desktop icon it will become visible: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * Ubuntu: Firefox is not added to the menu. It will not become visible if you make a copy of /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop (the method that works for Ubuntu MATE) * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Firefor snap About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: Menu -> Internet -- has been removed. But the Panel icon will not be removed, you have to remove it manually. * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): Firefox is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## - Install firefox from this PPA + Install firefox from the official PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). but if you copy the desktop icon it will become visible: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * Ubuntu: Firefox is not added to the menu. It will not become visible if you make a copy of /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop (the method that works for Ubuntu MATE) * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## - Install firefox-esr from this PPA + Install firefox-esr from the official PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Summary changed: - firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in GNOME, or MATE + firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in MATE's Brisk Menu ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# - Firefor snap + Firefox snap About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox - * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: Menu -> Internet -- has been removed. But the Panel icon will not be removed, you have to remove it manually. - * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): Firefox is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. + * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). But the Panel icon is not removed right away automatically (you have to reboot), or delete it manually. + * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox - * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). but if you copy the desktop icon it will become visible: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop - * Ubuntu: Firefox is not added to the menu. It will not become visible if you make a copy of /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop (the method that works for Ubuntu MATE) + * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. + * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon it will become visible: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr + * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: - * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird + * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. - * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Firefox snap About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox - * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). But the Panel icon is not removed right away automatically (you have to reboot), or delete it manually. + * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). This issue is not related to this bug report: The Panel icon is not removed right away automatically (you have to reboot), or delete it manually. * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon it will become visible: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Firefox snap + + Disclaimer: This step is not needed in Trisquel (a distro based on + Ubuntu + MATE). About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). This issue is not related to this bug report: The Panel icon is not removed right away automatically (you have to reboot), or delete it manually. * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon it will become visible: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Firefox snap Disclaimer: This step is not needed in Trisquel (a distro based on Ubuntu + MATE). About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). This issue is not related to this bug report: The Panel icon is not removed right away automatically (you have to reboot), or delete it manually. * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. - * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon it will become visible: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop + * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon, it will become visible right away in the Brisk Menu: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Firefox snap Disclaimer: This step is not needed in Trisquel (a distro based on Ubuntu + MATE). About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). This issue is not related to this bug report: The Panel icon is not removed right away automatically (you have to reboot), or delete it manually. * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon, it will become visible right away in the Brisk Menu: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## - Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: + Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the Brisk Menu in Ubuntu MATE 22.04: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Firefox snap Disclaimer: This step is not needed in Trisquel (a distro based on Ubuntu + MATE). About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox + # Extra step + if [[ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" == *"MATE"* ]]; then + + # Update panel to remove the "Firefox Web Browser" icon, or else you have to reboot, or remove it manually. + mate-panel --replace + + if + echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox - * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). This issue is not related to this bug report: The Panel icon is not removed right away automatically (you have to reboot), or delete it manually. + * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon, it will become visible right away in the Brisk Menu: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the Brisk Menu in Ubuntu MATE 22.04: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: - This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or - Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in - live mode. + This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or even + easier in Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE + installed), in live mode. ################################# Firefox snap Disclaimer: This step is not needed in Trisquel (a distro based on Ubuntu + MATE). About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox # Extra step if [[ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" == *"MATE"* ]]; then - # Update panel to remove the "Firefox Web Browser" icon, or else you have to reboot, or remove it manually. - mate-panel --replace + # Update panel to remove the "Firefox Web Browser" icon, or else you have to reboot, or remove it manually. + mate-panel --replace if echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon, it will become visible right away in the Brisk Menu: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the Brisk Menu in Ubuntu MATE 22.04: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: - This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or even - easier in Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE - installed), in live mode. + This issue is easy to reproduce by running live mode in Ubuntu MATE + 22.04, or even easier in Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 + with MATE installed) since the firefox snap package is not installed. ################################# Firefox snap Disclaimer: This step is not needed in Trisquel (a distro based on Ubuntu + MATE). About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox # Extra step if [[ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" == *"MATE"* ]]; then # Update panel to remove the "Firefox Web Browser" icon, or else you have to reboot, or remove it manually. mate-panel --replace if echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon, it will become visible right away in the Brisk Menu: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the Brisk Menu in Ubuntu MATE 22.04: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running live mode in Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or even easier in Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed) since the firefox snap package is not installed. ################################# Firefox snap Disclaimer: This step is not needed in Trisquel (a distro based on Ubuntu + MATE). About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox # Extra step if [[ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" == *"MATE"* ]]; then # Update panel to remove the "Firefox Web Browser" icon, or else you have to reboot, or remove it manually. - mate-panel --replace + mate-panel --replace & if echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon, it will become visible right away in the Brisk Menu: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA Status: Entry visible in the menu This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the Brisk Menu in Ubuntu MATE 22.04: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running live mode in Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or even easier in Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed) since the firefox snap package is not installed. ################################# Firefox snap Disclaimer: This step is not needed in Trisquel (a distro based on Ubuntu + MATE). About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox - # Extra step - if [[ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" == *"MATE"* ]]; then - - # Update panel to remove the "Firefox Web Browser" icon, or else you have to reboot, or remove it manually. - mate-panel --replace & - - if - echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox + For Ubuntu MATE: Reboot in order to remove the "Firefox Web Browser" + from the Panel. + + Status: * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA - Status: Entry NOT visible in the menu - Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox + Status: * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. - * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon, it will become visible right away in the Brisk Menu: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop + * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is NOT added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon, it will become visible right away in the Brisk Menu: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA - Status: Entry visible in the menu - This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr + + Status: * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA - Status: Entry visible in the menu - This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird + + Status: * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the Brisk Menu in Ubuntu MATE 22.04: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2027828 Title: firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in MATE's Brisk Menu Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This issue is easy to reproduce by running live mode in Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or even easier in Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed) since the firefox snap package is not installed. ################################# Firefox snap Disclaimer: This step is not needed in Trisquel (a distro based on Ubuntu + MATE). About Firefox snap package that comes with Ubuntu * In Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". * In Ubuntu 22.04: In GNOME, it's visible in the menu. It also added to Favorites. Selected information about the entry /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ Remove firefox snap package [Disclaimer: snap is not the issue for this bug, because Trisquel (a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu) ships without snap, and Firefox is not added to the menu when I installed firefox (see the "Install firefox"). We only remove it below to make it possible to install the firefox ppa package.] Run these steps (from https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to- install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04): sudo snap remove firefox echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox For Ubuntu MATE: Reboot in order to remove the "Firefox Web Browser" from the Panel. Status: * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from the Brisk Menu (actually the whole "Internet" category is removed from the Brisk Menu since "Firefox Web Browser" was the only item). * Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME): "Firefox Web Browser" is removed from both the menu and from Favorites. ############################## Install firefox from the official PPA Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox Status: * Ubuntu: "Firefox Web Browser" is added to the menu. * Ubuntu MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is NOT added (see attached screenshot). But if you copy the desktop icon, it will become visible right away in the Brisk Menu: cd /usr/share/applications/ && sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; Examine the file: * desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop # No errors ############################## Install firefox-esr from the official PPA This section has been added to examine why the firefox-esr package, but not the firefox package is adding an entry to "Menu -> Internet" * Run: sudo apt install firefox-esr Status: * Ubuntu 22.04: "Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser"[1] is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox-esr %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox-esr Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass=firefox-esr-esr102 Actions=new-window;new-private-window; desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop # No errors 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-esr/+bug/2028439: The entry is correctly added, but "Name=Firefox Web Browser" in /usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop should be changed to "Name=Firefox ESR Web Browser" (Debian stable firefox-esr package ships with "Name=Firefox ESR" in /usr/share/applications/firefox- esr.desktop). ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird Status: * Ubuntu 22.04: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added to the menu * Ubuntu MATE 22.04: The default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop # No errors ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the Brisk Menu in Ubuntu MATE 22.04: * sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.desktop or * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/2027828/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
