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

[Scott Chilcote via TriLUG]

   Ha! I just got done implementing the fix to revert to installing the
   binary release. Firefox instantly returned to normal.
   I think that the problem was caused by having $HOME/.mozilla as a
   softlink. Perhaps it caused the upgrade to glitch.
   I had taken it off my $HOME partition because space was getting
   limited. I no longer have that problem, so I restored the .mozilla
   directory this evening.
   I'm still confounded by the fact that the snap is so broken. Maybe most
   users just wipe their existing config and start over? That would mean a
   couple of hours work to put everything back for me.
   I'm not dead set against using snaps but I thought they were supposed
   to be transparent replacements...
   Thanks much, Scott C.

   Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 10:19 PM
   From: "Jason Sullivan" <jason0x21 at gmail.com>
   To: "Scott Chilcote" <scottchi at rocketship.com>, "Triangle Linux Users
   Group General Discussion" <trilug at trilug.org>
   Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Big Problem with Firefox after Upgrade to Ubuntu
   22.04

   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...

   [1]https://fosspost.org/how-to-install-firefox-as-a-deb-package-on-ubun
   tu-22-04/


   On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 9:10 PM Scott Chilcote via TriLUG
   <[2]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. - [3]scottchi at rocketship.com
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References

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