Firefox Developer Edition does not start on personal AppVM

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Dear Qubes OS Members :+1:

I did install Firefox Developer Edition on the Template. Following commands was executed for installing that application:

  1. Download this application for Linux: http://localhost:5173/

sudo tar xjf firefox-121.0b7.tar.bz2

sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox-developer-edition

sudo ln -s /opt/firefox-developer-edition/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-developer-edition

firefox-developer-edition

nano ~/.local/share/applications/firefox-developer-edition.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox Developer Edition
Exec=/opt/firefox-developer-edition/firefox
Icon=/opt/firefox-developer-edition/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;

On that way, I can launch this application on the template. But after restarting this template and the personal AppVM, I cannot start this application on the personal AppVM, although I did select in the personal settings this installed application for personal.

Any idea how came?

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Your step 6 is not correct. You are using the template’s private volume, which means that the app qube can’t access it because it has its own private volume.
Instead, move the desktop file to /usr/share/applications and update the applications in the template settings.

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Indeed. Thanks for the hint.