Firefox wont install in 10.04

[Bhakta Neal]

I looked before typing this post.

I found this: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3110257.0
Seems like nobody answered. Lets take another stab, shall we.

I have a very fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04. I opened the Firefox installer, and received a dialog box that states "Requested packages are already installed."

Like a sucker, I look in my Kmenu for the Firefox application. It's not there. Konqueerer is testing my patience.

Please HELP!

[oshunluvr]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

Have you tried opening a terminal and typing

sudo kubuntu-firefox-installer

[Bhakta Neal]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

Im still a serious NOOB!
I'll try that.


Thank you

[Bhakta Neal]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

No, I get the same exact result.

Here is the console output:

honeybear@honeybear-laptop:~$ sudo kubuntu-firefox-installer
[sudo] password for honeybear:
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-honeybear" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-honeybear" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
honeybear@honeybear-laptop:~$ Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-honeybear" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-honeybear" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

try it without the "sudo"

[Bhakta Neal]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

Very same thing.
Console's output:

honeybear@honeybear-laptop:~$ kubuntu-firefox-installer
honeybear@honeybear-laptop:~$ QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::setCompositionMode: Painter not active
QPainter::end: Painter not active, aborted
no such package firefox
no such package kmozillahelper

[arochester]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

I'm not using 10.04 yet. Is kubuntu-firefox-installer by any chance a GUI program? Should the command be

kdesudo kubuntu-firefox-installer

?

Looking at the Kubuntu Guide - http://kubuntuguide.org/Lucid#Mozilla_Firefox , it suggests that Firefox should just be installed with the command

sudo apt-get install firefox

Is it actually installed, but you don't have an icon? Try Alt+F2 and type firefox [enter]

If it is installed and you don't have an icon you will need to manually edit your KMenu

[Bhakta Neal]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

OK,
I typed:

kdesudo kubuntu-firefox-installer

and got the same message, and here is console's output:

honeybear@honeybear-laptop:~$ kdesudo kubuntu-firefox-installer
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/honeybear/.config/ibus/bus
Bus:pen: Can not get ibus-daemon's address.
IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon
honeybear@honeybear-laptop:~$

Then I typed your next suggestion:

sudo apt-get install firefox

and got yet again the same thing, with this console output:

honeybear@honeybear-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install firefox
[sudo] password for honeybear:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package firefox is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package firefox has no installation candidate
honeybear@honeybear-laptop:~$

I appreciate the help, but now what?

[Bhakta Neal]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

And ALT+F2 yielded nothing also

[Bhakta Neal]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

Maybe somebody can instruct me on how to run the test in console, to see if the application is really there, in tact....
I know there is such a command, performed it many times for various purposes, but only under experts' guidance. I just simply forgot it all by now...

[Bhakta Neal]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

Anybody...

[arochester]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

Try to install Firefox with Ubuntuzilla - http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...itle=Main_Page

[Yuri sss]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

Use synaptic. If you don't have it, install it with:
sudo apt-get install synaptic

Launch synaptic, enter your root password and go to Settings > Repositories.
On the first tab (Ubuntu repositories), make sure all four checkboxes are checked (main, universe, restricted, multiverse).
On the second tab (Other software), click on "Add" and enter the following for the latest stable Firefox:
ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa

Confirm with "Add source", then click the "Close" button on the bottom. It will tell you that you need to reload, so confirm and click on "Reload" in the upper left corner.
Now enter firefox in the Quick Search box. Select the "Firefox" entry from the list, click on the white checkbox to its left and select "Mark for install". Confirm the dialog that tells you that additional packages need to be installed, then clikc the "Apply" button to download and install Firefox.

Try to install Firefox with Ubuntuzilla - http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...itle=Main_Page

Ubuntuzilla doesn't have 64-bit builds, so you can't use it on 64-bit systems.

[GilGib]

Re: Firefox wont install in 10.04

To see if firefox is installed open Konsole and type in firefox. If it is installed firefox should start.

You could also try synaptic and uninstall firefox and the re-install firefox