rm77 · August 14, 2025 03:24 · Nov 7, 2024 · Sep 2, 2024 · Sep 2, 2024 · Sep 2, 2024
diff --git a/firefox_snap.md b/firefox_snap.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Ubuntu 24.04 Firefox snap replacement
-I need a proper Firefox installation and not the snap version. The snap version does not work properly with Smart Cards. Although it seems to be possible to get it to work with smart cards it is extremely difficult and I don't care to try and make it work. Also snaps suck. Canonical will heopfully abandon snaps in the future.
+I need a proper Firefox installation and not the snap version. The snap version does not work properly with Smart Cards. Although it seems to be possible to get it to work with smart cards it is extremely difficult and I don't care to try and make it work. This is not a tutorial on how to get your PIV or CAC to work. Also snaps suck. Canonical will heopfully abandon snaps in the future.
 
 ## Remove Snap Firefox
 ```

diff --git a/firefox_snap.md b/firefox_snap.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Ubuntu 24.04 Firefox snap replacement
-I need a proper Firefox installation and not the snap version. The snap version does not work properly with Smart Cards. Although it seems to be possible to get it to work with smart cards it is extremely difficult and I don't care to try and make it work. Also snaps suck.
+I need a proper Firefox installation and not the snap version. The snap version does not work properly with Smart Cards. Although it seems to be possible to get it to work with smart cards it is extremely difficult and I don't care to try and make it work. Also snaps suck. Canonical will heopfully abandon snaps in the future.
 
 ## Remove Snap Firefox
 ```

diff --git a/firefox_snap.md b/firefox_snap.md
@@ -70,7 +70,15 @@ Update your package list and install the Firefox .deb package:
 
 Taken from `https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions` On this page there are also instructions for installing Firefox from Mozilla builds.
 
+## Migrate profile
+If you have been using Firefox snap version and would like to keep data in your user profile you can follow these steps. If you have never used snap Firefox on your install then you can skip this. You will need to have used the snap Firefox at least once for a Firefox user profile to have been created. 
+
+```
+mkdir -p ~/.mozilla/firefox/ && cp -a ~/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox/* ~/.mozilla/firefox/
+```
+
 ## Optional. Disable unattended upgrades.
+You may want to perform this step because this service might bring back the snap version of Firefox. Thanks Ubuntu.
 
 ```
 sudo systemctl status unattended-upgrades

diff --git a/firefox_snap.md b/firefox_snap.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ sudo systemctl status unattended-upgrades
 
 In file `/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades`
 
-Change from enabled APT fucntions to disbled:
+Change from enabled APT fucntions to disabled:
 ```
 APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
 APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";

diff --git a/firefox_snap.md b/firefox_snap.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sudo snap disable firefox
 sudo snap remove --purge firefox
 ```
 
-You will probably have leftover files in `/var/lib/snapd/seed/snaps` from the default Firefox install. You can manually remove them. I don't think there is a snap comand that will remove just the Firfox files. Be careful deleting stuff in this dorectory especially if you are stil using other snaps besides Firefox. You've been warned.
+You will probably have leftover files in `/var/lib/snapd/seed/snaps` from the default Firefox install. You can manually remove them. I don't think there is a snap comand that will remove just the Firfox files. Be careful deleting stuff in this directory especially if you are stil using other snaps besides Firefox. You've been warned.
 
 ## Block future snap Firefox installs
 ```

diff --git a/firefox_snap.md b/firefox_snap.md
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ Removed /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/var-snap-firefox-common-host
 If this fails you might be able to do this...
 ```
 sudo umount /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell
-```
-
-```
 sudo snap disable firefox
 sudo snap remove --purge firefox
 ```
 
+You will probably have leftover files in `/var/lib/snapd/seed/snaps` from the default Firefox install. You can manually remove them. I don't think there is a snap comand that will remove just the Firfox files. Be careful deleting stuff in this dorectory especially if you are stil using other snaps besides Firefox. You've been warned.
+
 ## Block future snap Firefox installs
 ```
 sudo vim /etc/apt/preferences.d/firefox-no-snap 
@@ -39,17 +38,23 @@ Pin-Priority: -1
 ## Install Firefox .deb package for Debian-based distributions
 To install the .deb package through the APT repository, do the following:
 Create a directory to store APT repository keys if it doesn't exist:
-    `sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings`
-
+```
+sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
+```
 Import the Mozilla APT repository signing key:
-    `wget -q https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg -O- | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc > /dev/null`
-If you do not have wget installed, you can install it with: sudo apt-get install wget
+```
+wget -q https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg -O- | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc > /dev/null
+```
+If you do not have wget installed, you can install it with: `sudo apt-get install wget`
 
 The fingerprint should be `35BAA0B33E9EB396F59CA838C0BA5CE6DC6315A3`. You may check it with the following command:
-    `gpg -n -q --import --import-options import-show /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc | awk '/pub/{getline; gsub(/^ +| +$/,""); if($0 == "35BAA0B33E9EB396F59CA838C0BA5CE6DC6315A3") print "\nThe key fingerprint matches ("$0").\n"; else print "\nVerification failed: the fingerprint ("$0") does not match the expected one.\n"}'`
-
+```
+gpg -n -q --import --import-options import-show /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc | awk '/pub/{getline; gsub(/^ +| +$/,""); if($0 == "35BAA0B33E9EB396F59CA838C0BA5CE6DC6315A3") print "\nThe key fingerprint matches ("$0").\n"; else print "\nVerification failed: the fingerprint ("$0") does not match the expected one.\n"}'
+```
 Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list:
-    `echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null`
+```
+echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null
+```
 
 Configure APT to prioritize packages from the Mozilla repository:
 ```

diff --git a/firefox_snap.md b/firefox_snap.md
@@ -37,39 +37,33 @@ Pin-Priority: -1
 ```
 
 ## Install Firefox .deb package for Debian-based distributions
-
 To install the .deb package through the APT repository, do the following:
-
-    Create a directory to store APT repository keys if it doesn't exist:
-
+Create a directory to store APT repository keys if it doesn't exist:
     `sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings`
 
-    Import the Mozilla APT repository signing key:
-
+Import the Mozilla APT repository signing key:
     `wget -q https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg -O- | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc > /dev/null`
-    If you do not have wget installed, you can install it with: sudo apt-get install wget
-
-    The fingerprint should be `35BAA0B33E9EB396F59CA838C0BA5CE6DC6315A3`. You may check it with the following command:
+If you do not have wget installed, you can install it with: sudo apt-get install wget
 
+The fingerprint should be `35BAA0B33E9EB396F59CA838C0BA5CE6DC6315A3`. You may check it with the following command:
     `gpg -n -q --import --import-options import-show /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc | awk '/pub/{getline; gsub(/^ +| +$/,""); if($0 == "35BAA0B33E9EB396F59CA838C0BA5CE6DC6315A3") print "\nThe key fingerprint matches ("$0").\n"; else print "\nVerification failed: the fingerprint ("$0") does not match the expected one.\n"}'`
 
-    Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list:
-
+Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list:
     `echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null`
 
-    Configure APT to prioritize packages from the Mozilla repository:
+Configure APT to prioritize packages from the Mozilla repository:
 ```
-    echo '
-    Package: *
-    Pin: origin packages.mozilla.org
-    Pin-Priority: 1000
-    ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla
+echo '
+Package: *
+Pin: origin packages.mozilla.org
+Pin-Priority: 1000
+' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla
 ```
-    Update your package list and install the Firefox .deb package:
+Update your package list and install the Firefox .deb package:
 
    `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox`
 
-Taken from `https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions` On this page are also instructions for installing Firefox from Mozilla builds.
+Taken from `https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions` On this page there are also instructions for installing Firefox from Mozilla builds.
 
 ## Optional. Disable unattended upgrades.
 

diff --git a/firefox_snap.md b/firefox_snap.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Ubuntu 24.04 Firefox snap replacement
 I need a proper Firefox installation and not the snap version. The snap version does not work properly with Smart Cards. Although it seems to be possible to get it to work with smart cards it is extremely difficult and I don't care to try and make it work. Also snaps suck.
 
 ## Remove Snap Firefox
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ Pin: release o=Ubuntu*
 Pin-Priority: -1
 ```
 
-##Install Firefox .deb package for Debian-based distributions
+## Install Firefox .deb package for Debian-based distributions
 
 To install the .deb package through the APT repository, do the following:
 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt → firefox_snap.md b/gistfile1.txt → firefox_snap.md
diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+I need a proper Firefox installation and not the snap version. The snap version does not work properly with Smart Cards. Although it seems to be possible to get it to work with smart cards it is extremely difficult and I don't care to try and make it work. Also snaps suck.
+
+## Remove Snap Firefox
+```
+sudo snap disable firefox
+sudo snap remove --purge firefox
+error: cannot perform the following tasks:
+- Remove data for snap "firefox" (1943) (unlinkat /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell/en_ZA.dic: read-only file system)
+```
+
+If you get this error verify that `/var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell` is mounted as an ext4 file system using `lsblk -fe7 -o+ro`
+
+```
+sudo systemctl stop var-snap-firefox-common-host\\x2dhunspell.mount
+sudo systemctl disable var-snap-firefox-common-host\\x2dhunspell.mount 
+Removed /etc/systemd/system/default.target.wants/var-snap-firefox-common-host\x2dhunspell.mount.
+Removed /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/var-snap-firefox-common-host\x2dhunspell.mount.
+```
+
+If this fails you might be able to do this...
+```
+sudo umount /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell
+```
+
+```
+sudo snap disable firefox
+sudo snap remove --purge firefox
+```
+
+## Block future snap Firefox installs
+```
+sudo vim /etc/apt/preferences.d/firefox-no-snap 
+Package: firefox*
+Pin: release o=Ubuntu*
+Pin-Priority: -1
+```
+
+##Install Firefox .deb package for Debian-based distributions
+
+To install the .deb package through the APT repository, do the following:
+
+    Create a directory to store APT repository keys if it doesn't exist:
+
+    `sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings`
+
+    Import the Mozilla APT repository signing key:
+
+    `wget -q https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg -O- | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc > /dev/null`
+    If you do not have wget installed, you can install it with: sudo apt-get install wget
+
+    The fingerprint should be `35BAA0B33E9EB396F59CA838C0BA5CE6DC6315A3`. You may check it with the following command:
+
+    `gpg -n -q --import --import-options import-show /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc | awk '/pub/{getline; gsub(/^ +| +$/,""); if($0 == "35BAA0B33E9EB396F59CA838C0BA5CE6DC6315A3") print "\nThe key fingerprint matches ("$0").\n"; else print "\nVerification failed: the fingerprint ("$0") does not match the expected one.\n"}'`
+
+    Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list:
+
+    `echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null`
+
+    Configure APT to prioritize packages from the Mozilla repository:
+```
+    echo '
+    Package: *
+    Pin: origin packages.mozilla.org
+    Pin-Priority: 1000
+    ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla
+```
+    Update your package list and install the Firefox .deb package:
+
+   `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox`
+
+Taken from `https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions` On this page are also instructions for installing Firefox from Mozilla builds.
+
+## Optional. Disable unattended upgrades.
+
+```
+sudo systemctl status unattended-upgrades
+sudo systemctl disable --now unattended-upgrades
+sudo systemctl status unattended-upgrades
+```
+
+In file `/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades`
+
+Change from enabled APT fucntions to disbled:
+```
+APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
+APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
+```
+after it shoud look like this:
+```
+APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
+APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";
+```