0

Decided to install the freshly minted eOS 7 today, super impressed by it all till I tried to install firefox as the Gnome Web simply does not cut it as a daily driver for my browser needs.

I was quite surprised to see it installs the snap version, Did I miss something? I though eOS is a flatpak based distro?

Is this correct?

Improve this question
1
  • me sucede lo mismo ,recien instale elementary 7 y al instalar firefox me instala por defecto la versión snapd, alguien ya soluciono este problema ?
    – Eduard Flores Flores
    Commented Aug 8, 2023 at 0:56

2 Answers 2

Reset to default
3

I believe it has to do with Ubuntu's repo for Firefox forcing snap and not with ElementaryOS. Here's how to add a Firefox repo and install it using apt:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to-install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04

Improve this answer
1
  • Thanks, seems I will have to do this, such a shame that they would ship eOS 7 which looks amazing, yet they missed the Firefox issue. Thaks for the link, I will use that.
    – Selwyn Orren
    Commented Feb 15, 2023 at 7:08
0

I thought you had to install and enable snapd in Elementary

(at least I had to in EOS6 before I could use snap apps)

https://snapcraft.io/install/snapd/elementary

Haven't found anything saying that it has changed for EOS7 ?

Improve this answer
1
  • Bambuko, I dont want snaps at all, its one of the reasons why I love Elementary OS as it come baked with flatpak, in eOS 6.1 still firefox would be installed as a deb and not a snap. This is why I was so surprised when it happened
    – Selwyn Orren
    Commented Feb 15, 2023 at 7:09

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our privacy policy.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.