Another option is outlined here:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to-install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04 On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 5:22 PM Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 3:05 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have been slowly transitioning some systems away from > > increasingly-open-source-unfriendly Redhat derivatives > > (and RPM distros) to Ubuntu 20.04.x (and APT/DEB, or so > > I thought). My goal is a maximum-stable malware-free > > environment, not the shiniest-latest dancing-bearware. > > > > Today I migrated a test machine to Ubuntu 22.04.1. > > I expected all the upgrades to be DEB packages. > > > > Surprise! Canonical provides Firefox as a SNAP package, > > their own walled-garden flavor (like RPM). I had hoped > > to escape jails of that kind. > > > > There are many Debian and Ubuntu (and derivatives) adepts > > on this list. Is there a painless way to configure Ubuntu > > to use only DEB files, with alternate repositories for > > Firefox and similar apps? Repositories to use, or avoid? > > Well written tutorials? > > I find that Firefox works best if installed directly with the FIrefox > official installation. It updates itself and in general behaves better > than any of the packages I have tried. It is always as up to date as > possible and that is more important with browsers than most programs. > Just install from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ > > > BIll >
