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Replace Linux Mint firefox by Ubuntu Firefox
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  1. Remove Mint version of Firefox.

  2. In directory /etc/apt/preferences.d create file firefox.pref (or any other name) with content:

Package: firefox firefox-locale-*
Pin: release o=Ubuntu
Pin-Priority: 800
  1. Run apt-get update or similar action and install Firefox back. Now it will be always from Ubuntu repository.

Ref: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/423138

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