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🏄 Firefox


Firefox Stop Auto Updating

  • sudov /etc/firefox/policies/policies.json

    Kubuntu 21.10

    {
      "policies": {
          "AppAutoUpdate": false
      }
    }
    

Firefox manual installation

Desktop environment start menu and taskbar launcher

  • /home/usr/.local/share/applications/firefox.desktop

    [Desktop Entry]
    Categories=WebBrowser
    Comment[en_US]=Firefox Web Browser
    Comment=Firefox Web Browser
    Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox-bin
    GenericName[en_US]=Web Browser
    GenericName=Web Browser
    Icon=/home/usr/Pictures/Icons/Firefox.png
    MimeType=
    Name[en_US]=Firefox
    Name=Firefox
    Path=
    StartupNotify=false
    Terminal=false
    TerminalOptions=
    Type=Application
    X-DBUS-ServiceName=
    X-DBUS-StartupType=
    X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
    X-KDE-Username=
    

    Don’t forget to change user to $USER and grab a copy of the Firefox icon

  • sudo chmod +x /home/user/.local/share/applications/firefox.desktop

  • Sometimes a logout is required to show new start menu options

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