firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Firefox version information below. I don't think replacing the deb version with the snap was a good idea. If your home directory is outside of /home (quite common for central home directories on a file server mounted via NFS or some other way for example) you cannot use Firefox in Ubuntu 22.04 anymore.
$ firefox
Sorry, home directories outside of /home are not currently supported.
See https:/
This is a long standing issue and should have been addressed before replacing the deb with the snap version imho.
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$ snap info firefox
name: firefox
summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser
publisher: Mozilla✓
store-url: https:/
contact: https:/
license: unset
description: |
Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application
technologies.
commands:
- firefox
snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCM
tracking: latest/stable
refresh-date: today at 10:17 CEST
channels:
latest/stable: 98.0.2-1 2022-03-24 (1154) 162MB -
latest/candidate: 99.0-2 2022-03-31 (1188) 163MB -
latest/beta: 100.0b1-1 2022-04-05 (1200) 163MB -
latest/edge: 100.0a1 2022-04-05 (1201) 179MB -
esr/stable: 91.7.1esr-2 2022-03-14 (1116) 161MB -
esr/candidate: 91.8.0esr-1 2022-03-30 (1184) 161MB -
esr/beta: ↑
esr/edge: ↑
installed: 98.0.2-1 (1154) 162MB -
| Stefan Fleischmann (sfleischmann) wrote | #1 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Darko Veberic (darko-veberic-kit) wrote | #3 |
I know that there are workarounds with bind-mounts and whatnot, but workarounds are not a feasible solution for a LTS release.