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Where is the Firefox apt repository for Debian .deb packaged releases? The article's link is broken.

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In the article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions-recommended

https://packages.mozilla.org/apt leads to 404, not a Debian software repository / archive.

Step 4 (is broken)

Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list:

echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null

In the article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions-recommended https://packages.mozilla.org/apt leads to 404, not a Debian software repository / archive. Step 4 (is broken) Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list: echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null

Réiteach roghnaithe

I'm not happy with the 'resolution' as it isn't transparent enough for end users.

Manual troubleshooting is a complete PITA - a user has to 'guess' where a valid file would be and go after the EXACT url as their test!

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It's there, it's just, for some reason, not easy for humans to test when it doesn't work.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1966096

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

I'm not happy with the 'resolution' as it isn't transparent enough for end users.

Manual troubleshooting is a complete PITA - a user has to 'guess' where a valid file would be and go after the EXACT url as their test!

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