26.04 Transmission and firefox snap dependency

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In Ubuntu 26.04 transmission and firefox seem to bei infected by the snap noiseware.

The Test of the system installs normally with snap in a Live DVD. Then you can login use the normal snap remove procedure and it works almost normally.

However transmission and firefox somehow depends on the unwanted snap. Tomorrow i'll try to install firefox from ppa, transmission does not work due to apparmor beeing configured for a buggy? snap version of transmission. I'll try to Look at it again and give Feedback. There hast to bei a way to use both Apps without snap

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If you visit the Mozilla site, you can download the official Mozilla package, from their repository, directly:

Any "PPA" from any other source would, in my view, would be suspect at this point.

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I have used Ubuntuzilla: Mozilla Software Installer for about 5 years without any problems. It is a repository not a PPA. It includes Firefox, Firefox ESR (you can run both they have their own profiles) Thunderbird and Seamonkey. I also use their Thunderbird. They do update a few days later than the official release.

Install your desired package, with one of the following commands:

sudo apt-get install firefox-mozilla-build
sudo apt-get install firefox-esr-mozilla-build
sudo apt-get install thunderbird-mozilla-build
sudo apt-get install seamonkey-mozilla-build

Transmission can be downloaded and installed with gdebi from the Debian software site.

Debian Release Version Architecture Support
Bullseye (oldoldstable) 3.00-1 all
Bookworm (oldstable) 3.00-2.1+deb12u1 all
Trixie (stable) 4.1.0~beta2+dfsg-3 amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x
Forky (testing) 4.1.0~beta5+dfsg-1 amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x
Sid (unstable) 4.1.0~beta5+dfsg-1 amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, loong64, ppc64, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x
For Ubuntu 24.04, you should opt for Trixie (stable) 4.1.0~beta2+dfsg-3. This version is the most current and reliable for your Ubuntu version.

You could also try qBittorrent and Deluge which are in the repository for 24.04

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fixednow
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Somehow i got it working… Ill try deluge too.

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+1 for Ubuntuzilla repo.Been using it since the very beginning (2007 I believe).

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Yes I couldn’t get the repository Thunderbird to run gmail it said it was insecure years ago but the Ubuntuzilla worked. I also like that you can run Firefox and Firefox ESR and they don’t share the same profile, both are separate. Now and then (years) you do have to update the authentication keys for the repository.

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If you don't want to use the snap versions of FF and TB you simply add the Ubuntuzilla repo,install FF and TB and remove the snap versions and done.

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That is what I am saying I have used it for years now. That was long before snaps

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Myself included.Been using FF and TB installed thru the Ubuntuzilla repo since '07.

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