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Install Firefox Ubuntu

Installing Firefox on Ubuntu Snap prevents use of some KeePassXC intergration. To use tools like KeePassXC download the latest and create a desktop icon.

Notable Extensions: KeePassXC DarkReader

# /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox
Comment=Firefox
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox-bin %u
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Network;Application;
Name[en_US]=Firefox
Icon=/opt/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default32.png
wget -O ~/FirefoxSetup.tar.bz2 "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest&os=linux64"
sudo tar xjf ~/FirefoxSetup.tar.bz2 -C /opt/
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
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