[PR #7110] [MERGED] docs: recommend .deb or building from source on debian/ubuntu #6321

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Original PR: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/pull/7110
Author: @kmk3
Created: 3/17/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 3/26/2026
Merged by: @kmk3

Base: master ← Head: docs-deb-recommend-building

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📄 Description

Most recent releases:

firejail 0.9.72: 2023-01-16
firejail 0.9.74: 2025-03-24
firejail 0.9.76: 2025-07-30
firejail 0.9.78: 2026-01-03
firejail 0.9.80: 2026-03-14

firejail 0.9.76 was released over 6 months ago, but the packages from
both Debian stable (13 / Trixie) and the Ubuntu PPA appear to still be
on firejail 0.9.74, which is over 1 year old[1] [2].

As for installing firejail through Debian backports, it is unclear to me
if that is currently working and if so, which firejail version would be
installed on each Debian version.

Lastly, the packages on Ubuntu seem to still be on firejail 0.9.72,
which is over 3 years old, even on the latest Ubuntu 25.10 and on the
upcoming Ubuntu 26.04[3].

So to avoid bugs and bug reports caused by old firejail versions,
recommend either installing the release .deb file from GitHub or
building from source on Debian/Ubuntu.

Relates to #6842 #7060.

[1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/firejail
[2] https://launchpad.net/~deki/+archive/ubuntu/firejail
[3] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firejail

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/pull/7110 **Author:** [@kmk3](https://github.com/kmk3) **Created:** 3/17/2026 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 3/26/2026 **Merged by:** [@kmk3](https://github.com/kmk3) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `docs-deb-recommend-building` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`d6a2907`](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/d6a2907258edf00fb05b6027991b6f13d9e84c79) docs: recommend .deb or building from source on debian/ubuntu ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+26 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+26 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description Most recent releases: * firejail 0.9.72: 2023-01-16 * firejail 0.9.74: 2025-03-24 * firejail 0.9.76: 2025-07-30 * firejail 0.9.78: 2026-01-03 * firejail 0.9.80: 2026-03-14 firejail 0.9.76 was released over 6 months ago, but the packages from both Debian stable (13 / Trixie) and the Ubuntu PPA appear to still be on firejail 0.9.74, which is over 1 year old[1] [2]. As for installing firejail through Debian backports, it is unclear to me if that is currently working and if so, which firejail version would be installed on each Debian version. Lastly, the packages on Ubuntu seem to still be on firejail 0.9.72, which is over 3 years old, even on the latest Ubuntu 25.10 and on the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04[3]. So to avoid bugs and bug reports caused by old firejail versions, recommend either installing the release .deb file from GitHub or building from source on Debian/Ubuntu. Relates to #6842 #7060. [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/firejail [2] https://launchpad.net/~deki/+archive/ubuntu/firejail [3] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firejail --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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