how to install Firefox 55.02 after having deleting it, installed 45.02 and having als

[nicrnicr]

Hello everybody,

as Firefox updates automatically its browser, which disturbed me, I've been deleting FF 55.02 and installing FF45.02. But FF45.02 has other problems. I purged FF45.02 and I fail to install FF55.02 again in Kubuntu 16.04. I tried

sudo apt-get install firefox=55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

and

sudo apt-get install firefox

In both cases the answer is

E: Konnte Sperre /var/lib/dpkg/lock nicht bekommen - open (11: Die Ressource ist zur Zeit nicht verfügbar)
E: Sperren des Administrationsverzeichnisses (/var/lib/dpkg/) nicht möglich, wird es von einem anderen Prozess verwendet?

which means

E: Could not obtain the lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock (11:the ressource is no where to be found)
E: Unable to lock the folder (/var/lib/dpkg/), could it be used by another process?

I added one line in prefs.js to prevent updating yesterday but I no longer find this line in this file.

I would be happy to be helped :-)

[vinnywright]

In both cases the answer is

E: Konnte Sperre /var/lib/dpkg/lock nicht bekommen - open (11: Die Ressource ist zur Zeit nicht verfügbar)
E: Sperren des Administrationsverzeichnisses (/var/lib/dpkg/) nicht möglich, wird es von einem anderen Prozess verwendet?

which means

E: Could not obtain the lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock (11:the ressource is no where to be found)
E: Unable to lock the folder (/var/lib/dpkg/), could it be used by another process?

I added one line in prefs.js to prevent updating yesterday but I no longer find this line in this file.

I would be happy to be helped :-)

the "prefs.js" should not be edited by hand wile firefox is running as it will get over wrote on closing firefox ,,,,you change these kind of things in about:config typed in firefoxes address bar

the "lock" problem is usually caused by a update/upgrade/package install getting interrupted before completion ,,,or you had a package manager open at the time .

the usual fix is to

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

VINNY

[nicrnicr]

Thank you very much Vinny!
I wrote

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

than

sudo apt-get install firefox

FF could be installed but the same problem surges as by FF45.02: It opens and closes automatically just after having been opened.

[GreyGeek]

FireFox is soon to join Chromium in restricting access to internal functions and also free speech on the Internet.

My fix was/is to drop FireFox and install PaleMoon, which will not be following down FF57's pathway.

Today I found out that it is not possible to EXPORT bookmarks from Vivaldi, so I am dropping it as well. Midori is a little different and PaleMoon is a better FF, so it will be my new preferred browser. Also, like FF, it allows me to set proxies. Vivaldi follows Chromium in that you have to set a proxy using "Chromium-options ..." switch when you start it up. Not a very convenient method and extremely limited if you need several proxy settings.

[vinnywright]

Thank you very much Vinny!
I wrote

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

than

sudo apt-get install firefox

FF has been installed but the same problem surges as by FF45.02: It opens and closes automatically just after having been opened.

IF ,,,,, your /home/you/.mozilla was not removed with the uninstalling of firefox 55.0.2 their may be some ,,,,,,config issues going on ,,,,, I would close firefox and rename it ,,to .mozilla.old and let a new one get created on starting firefox .

you will lose your bookmarks and any customizing you have done ,,,,,,but the bookmarks can be re-imported to the new config.

VINNY

[nicrnicr]

Thank you very very much VINNY! You are great! I*did what you wrote and now FF works.

I*duplicated my xxxx.default folder before I*downgraded. I put it in the new FF55.02 and it seems to be alright. I'm particularly happy to find again the tabs that I had before I*left FF55.02 :-)

@GreyGeek:*Indeed FF tends to be like Chromium in a way, but I*read that from FF57 on, the add-ons will be working for all futures version of FF. That's quit good!

I will try PaleMoon.

[vinnywright]

Thank you very very much VINNY! You are great! I*did what you wrote and now FF works.

I*duplicated my xxxx.default folder before I*downgraded. I put it in the new FF55.02 and it seems to be alright. I'm particularly happy to find again the tabs that I had before I*left FF55.02 :-)

@GreyGeek:*Indeed FF tends to be like Chromium in a way, but I*read that from FF57 on, the add-ons will be working for all futures version of FF. That's quit good!

I will try PaleMoon.

,,,,,,,nice , you are welcome

VINNY

[oshunluvr]

Today I found out that it is not possible to EXPORT bookmarks from Vivaldi...

What? Why not??

[GreyGeek]

mmm... I expected to see the export utility under tools and didn't look under File for it. I then did a ddg search for info, which led to
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/3443/bookmarks-export
and the claim that one had to use Chromium to do it.
So, I deleted Vivaldi and installed PaleMoon, which I really really like. It is based on a fork of an older version of FF and won't be going down the path that Mozilla is planning for FF57, following Chromium.
http://www.palemoon.org/

[oshunluvr]

GG, you tripped over the oldest stick in the woods - reading a two year old post!

I installed Palemoon to check it out just now...

[GreyGeek]

GG, you tripped over the oldest stick in the woods - reading a two year old post!

I installed Palemoon to check it out just now...

Yup, I sure did. Not checking the File menu was stupid too.


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