1888165 - [snap] Cannot import data from Chrome through the "Import Data From Another Browser" flow

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Migration, defect, P3)

Description

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Note

• When the user accesses the "Import Data From Another Browser..." from Library and attempts to import from Google Chrome, he will notice that Chrome is not available in the list although installed in in use on the system.

Found in

• Beta v125.0b4 (snap)

Affected versions

• Beta v125.0b4 (snap)

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: Ubuntu 22
• Unaffected platforms: Windows 10, MacOS 11

Steps to reproduce

1. Have Chrome browser installed and a user profile with some data.
2. Install firefox snap
3. Launch Firefox
4. Open Library
5. Click Import and Backup, then Import Data From Another Browser...
6. Select Chrome browser from the drop-down.

Expected result

• Chrome is found and selectable from the drop-down.

Actual result

• Chrome si not displayed in the drop-down.

Regression range

• unknown

Additional notes

• This issue does not occur on the archived (.tar.bz) builds, only on the snap installed builds.

Comment 1

[Mike Conley (:mconley) (:⚙️)]

Hey danibodea, can we presume that Chrome is also installed as a Snap in this situation? Or is it true regardless if Chrome is installed as a Snap?

Comment 2

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Yes, the Chrome was installed through the terminal, but not through snap. The commands used are:

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt -f install

I believe Chrome cannot be installed by snap, however, Chromium can be installed by snap and I can confirm that the user can import data from the snap installed Chromium. It is worth mentioning the fact that the command "apt install chromium-browser" also installs the snap package by default, just like the command "snap install chromium".