** Summary changed: - firefox: No Firefox menu entry in MATE (Ubuntu MATE, and Trisquel) + firefox: No Firefox menu entry in MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu (Ubuntu MATE, and Trisquel)
** Attachment added: "Screenshot_trisquel11_2023-07-15_12:00:29.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/2027828/+attachment/5686487/+files/Screenshot_trisquel11_2023-07-15_12%3A00%3A29.png ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Ubuntu MATE 22.04 * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about the entry: /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ 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://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to- install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22): echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: firefox Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 Pin-Priority: -1 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox sudo snap remove firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed ############################## Install firefox from this PPA Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox - * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (so "Menu -> Internet" -- is still removed) + * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot) * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Icon=firefox - ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Icon=thunderbird ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Ubuntu MATE 22.04 - * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about - the entry: + * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web + Browser". Selected information about the entry: /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ 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://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to- install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22): echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: firefox Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 Pin-Priority: -1 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox sudo snap remove firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed ############################## Install firefox from this PPA Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox - * "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot) + * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot) * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Icon=firefox ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird - * "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: + * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Icon=thunderbird ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ ** Description changed: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Ubuntu MATE 22.04 * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about the entry: /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ 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://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to- install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22): echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: firefox Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 Pin-Priority: -1 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox sudo snap remove firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed ############################## Install firefox from this PPA Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot) * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u + Terminal=false + X-MultipleArgs=false + Type=Application Icon=firefox + Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; + MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; + StartupNotify=true + Actions=new-window;new-private-window; + ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u + Terminal=false + X-MultipleArgs=false + Type=Application Icon=thunderbird + Categories=Application;Network;Email; + MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; + StartupNotify=true + Actions=Compose;Contacts ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2027828 Title: firefox: No Firefox menu entry in MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu (Ubuntu MATE, and Trisquel) Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This issue is easy to reproduce by running Ubuntu MATE 22.04, or Trisquel 11 (a distro based on Ubuntu 22.04 with MATE installed), in live mode. ################################# Ubuntu MATE 22.04 * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser". Selected information about the entry: /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u Icon=/snap/firefox/2356/default256.png ¤¤¤¤ 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://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to- install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in- ubuntu-22): echo ' Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: firefox Pin: version 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 Pin-Priority: -1 ' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox sudo snap remove firefox echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA- mozillateam:${distro_codename}";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox * Menu -> Internet -- has been removed ############################## Install firefox from this PPA Run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install firefox * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" is not added (see attached screenshot) * /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Firefox Web Browser Exec=firefox %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=firefox Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; StartupNotify=true Actions=new-window;new-private-window; ############################## Install thunderbird from this PPA This section has been added to examine why "Menu -> Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" but not "Menu -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser" * Run: sudo apt install thunderbird * MATE in the default Panel's Classic Menu: "Internet -> Thunderbird Mail" is added. Information about the entry: * /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop is added. Selected information about the file: Name=Thunderbird Mail Exec=thunderbird %u Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=thunderbird Categories=Application;Network;Email; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/webcal;x-scheme-handler/mid;message/rfc822; StartupNotify=true Actions=Compose;Contacts ############################## Temporary solution to add "Firefox Web Browser" to the menu: * cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/2027828/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
