firefox: "Firefox Web Browser" visible in GNOME, but not in MATE
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firefox (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
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.
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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/
Name=Firefox Web Browser
Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_
Icon=/snap/
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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:/
sudo snap remove firefox
echo '
Package: *
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-
Pin-Priority: 1001
' | sudo tee /etc/apt/
echo 'Unattended-
For Ubuntu MATE: Right-click on the MATE Panel and click on "Reset all Panels" to remove "Firefox Web Browser".[2]
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.
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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/
* /usr/share/
Name=Firefox Web Browser
Exec=firefox %u
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=
Type=Application
Icon=firefox
Categories=
MimeType=
StartupNotify=true
Actions=
Examine the file:
* desktop-
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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 the Brisk Menu in Ubuntu MATE.
* 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/
Name=Firefox Web Browser
Exec=firefox-esr %u
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=
Type=Application
Icon=firefox-esr
Categories=
MimeType=
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=
Actions=
desktop-
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Install thunderbird from this PPA
This section has been added to examine why the thunderbird package, but not the firefox package, is adding an entry to the Brisk Menu in Ubuntu MATE.
* 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/
Name=Thunderbird Mail
Exec=thunderbird %u
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=
Type=Application
Icon=thunderbird
Categories=
MimeType=
StartupNotify=true
Actions=
desktop-
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Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the Brisk Menu in Ubuntu MATE 22.04:
* sudo cp firefox.desktop firefoxworking.
or
* cp /usr/share/
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References
Issues not related to this bug report:
* 1: A minor issue not related to this bug that I filed at https:/
* 2: https:/
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- Ubuntu MATE: Firefox not added to mozo + Ubuntu MATE: Firefox not added to the menu |
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- Ubuntu MATE: Firefox not added to the menu + firefox: No Firefox entry in the Ubuntu MATE menu |
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- firefox: No Firefox entry in the menu for MATE -- For ex. Ubuntu MATE, - and Trisquel (that comes without snap) + firefox: No Firefox menu entry in MATE (Ubuntu MATE, and Trisquel) |
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- firefox: No Firefox menu entry in MATE in the default Panel's Classic - Menu (Ubuntu MATE, and Trisquel) + firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in MATE in the default Panel's + Classic Menu (Ubuntu MATE, and Trisquel), but copies of it becomes + visible |
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- 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 |
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- firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in GNOME, or MATE + firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in MATE's Brisk Menu |
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- firefox: firefox.desktop not visible in MATE's Brisk Menu + firefox: "Firefox Web Browser" visible in GNOME, but not in MATE |
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Paul: I have filed many details in this issue, would you like to help me to try to solve it?