Blueshell Firefox on Kubuntu13.10

[wrender]

I did the usual to install Firefox with KDE integration:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:blue-shell/firefox-kde
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox firefox-kde-support

echo -e 'Package: *' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null
echo -e 'Pin: release o=LP-PPA-blue-shell-firefox-kde' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null
echo -e 'Pin-Priority: 1000' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null


However it is installing the normal non kde friendly version. Any suggestions?

[Snowhog]

You identified for pinning firefox-kde-support. But the blue-shell firefox package is version 24.0+build1-0ubuntu2~ppa2~saucy1 while the Ubuntu repository firefox is version 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1

[wrender]

You identified for pinning firefox-kde-support. But the blue-shell firefox package is version 24.0+build1-0ubuntu2~ppa2~saucy1 while the Ubuntu repository firefox is version 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1

So what can I do to help it?

[wrender]

I do not understand the nature of the problem and if it is I that am the cause for this or the blueshell repo.

[wrender]

Am I pinning it incorrectly?

[Snowhog]

I'm suggesting, that because the ubuntu repository version of firefox is higher than the one in Blueshell, the ubuntu version is being preferred.

[wrender]

oh ok.

So the only thing I can do is wait for the Blueshell repo to be updated?

[Snowhog]

See https://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences and Example 3 for setting preferences by Origin.

[wrender]

So it seems to that one can pin priority to one source vs the other.

Does any one know how to properly pin the origin source of the blue ppa vs the official ubuntu?

[Teunis]

Until Steve came with his elegant recipe I used the 'lock' option in Muon.
Select the application, go to Version and right-click the version you want to keep (the Blue Shell one) and select 'Lock'.
By the time the new Blue Shell version arrives you unselect the old one, select the new one and update.

Anyhow, FF25 just showed up in the Blue Shell repo.

[wrender]

Ok thanks Teunis! You are correct Firefox25 showed up in the Blue Shell Repo and all is well.

[SteveRiley]

The point of pinning the Blue Shell repository is to prevent the normal one from overwriting. @wrender: did you run apt-get update after creating the preferences file? This is necessary to set the pin priority in the local package cache. Based on the order of what you typed, it seems that you installed Firefox before you created the file.

Alternately -- I can think of an edge case where the 1000 priority won't accomplish the desired effect. If "regular" Firefox is already installed, pinning Blue Shell at 1000 won't permit APT to downgrade Firefox to an earlier version if that's what's in the Blue Shell PPA. To force a downgrade, the priority should be 1001.