[TriLUG] Big Problem with Firefox after Upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04

[Jason Sullivan via TriLUG]

I just did this, too, and when I first cranked up Firefox, it spent a long
time doing this...

cp -R ~jason/.mozilla/firefox ~jason/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/

It _should_ have done that for you, but if not this would be the thing to
do.

That... wasn't the end of my problems with the snap version of Firefox, and
if it's not the end of yours...

https://fosspost.org/how-to-install-firefox-as-a-deb-package-on-ubuntu-22-04/


On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 9:10 PM Scott Chilcote via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

>    Hi TriLUGgers,
>
>    This is probably a snap related problem, but my just-upgraded Ubuntu
>    system has a completely empty configuration when I start firefox on my
>    existing account.  I have not had to use Firefox as a snap on this
>    system before.  The previous 20.04 install used Firefox as a debian
>    binary package.  Unfortunately, 22.04 will only install Firefox as a
>    snap.  It says this in a notification window during the upgrade
>    process.
>
>    I still have the old firefox configuration (bookmarks, logins,
>    extensions, etc.) in my $HOME/.ubuntu directory path, but this is being
>    ignored.
>
>    The bookmarks import wizard displays a window that says that there is
>    no browser install that it can import on the system.
>
>    It does not appear to be an access permissions problem,
>    /usr/bin/firefox is owned by root/root and my .mozilla path and files
>    belong to my personal user and group.  But I don't know how relevant
>    that is to a snap.  Perhaps it can't reach outside of its own sandbox?
>
>    Does anyone know what I need to do to get the firefox snap to use my
>    existing $HOME/.mozilla configuration files?  Do they need to be
>    relocated?
>
>    I can't imagine why the snap install didn't take care of this, but
>    perhaps there was a problem that kept it from working.  I spent half an
>    hour searching for how to correct this problem, but it must be rather
>    unique.  I found a total of zero matching problem reports.  Perhaps I
>    just didn't use the right descriptive terms...
>
>    Thanks muchly for any clues!
>
>    Scott C. - scottchi at rocketship.com
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