Firefox/ Opera

[kubook]

Hey i am really new to this and i must be an idiot, but i can't for the life of me figure out how to install firefox or opera on my system. is there some sort of trick, i am on a ibook g3. i downloaded both taz.gz files but i have no idea how to extract them to install or anything. Please help

[aysiu]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

Read this:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware

[XstatyK]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

Here is another link that has helped me as well:
http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/

[kubook]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

thanks. but nothing worked i don't know why, could it be the Power PC Chip?

[javierrivera]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

No.

What did you do and how did it fail?.

Javier.

[kubook]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

i tried to do all of the terminal stuff, but i kept getting the "bash" no file present stuff, and if you look at my screenshot firefox doesn't even show up in the add/remove program list, it is greyed out. i am at school now, but when i get home i will take a shot of the exact message i get.

[Cyrus Jones]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

In Konsole, K Menu -> System -> Konsole (Terminal Program), type sudo apt-get install firefox and then enter your password. Could you give us your result (what it says)?

[javierrivera]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

You should probably need to read some of the links above about installing software.

Or just read the official docs.

You don't need to do any "terminal stuff" to install firefox. But you can do at least three complete different things in the terminal to install firefox if you like.

Javier.

[Cyrus Jones]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

You don't need to do any "terminal stuff" to install firefox. But you can do at least three complete different things in the terminal to install firefox if you like.

He does not need to do "terminal stuff." However, his issue is that

firefox doesn't even show up in the add/remove program list, it is greyed out.

By doing the terminal method, I can see the exact error he gets.

[javierrivera]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

XDDDDDDDDDDD

I was not talking about your answer but the above post .

I'd like to know what kind of terminal stuff was he doing. And why he was expecting than downloading something from the net will change the fact that firefox is greyed or not in Add/Remove programs .

I believe that the problem is that the OP is not familiar with Linux way of installing programs. I even get the idea that he downloaded firefox from the mozilla web, do some terminal stuff, and expect it to appear in add/remove programs. i.e. he expected linux program installation to be like windows. And we know that it isn't .

BTW, the reason why firefox is greyed out is, very likely, because he has not enabled any repositories, nor updated them .

Javier.

[aysiu]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

Firefox is in the standard set of repositories (Main), so that shouldn't be an issue.

[javierrivera]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

That's true. Booting from the feisty livecd, it's not grayed out.

Still suspecting from some repos problem...

Javier.

[Cyrus Jones]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

kubook-

The Linux/Debian/Ubuntu/Kubuntu method of installing software is different than Windows.

Here are links for installing software (official documentation) in Ubuntu.

Kubuntu Edgy: https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/kubuntu...lications.html
Kubuntu Feisty (work in porgress, not complete yet): http://doc.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/add-applications/C/

[kubook]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

i typed subo apt-get install firefox and it said

building dependency tree.. done
package firefox is not available, but is refferred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
libnss3
E: Package firefox has no installation candidate

[Cyrus Jones]

Re: Firefox/ Opera

I think it has to be a repos problem. Please tell me what version of Kubuntu you are using (Feisty, Edgy, Dapper), the country you are in (so you can find the best mirror) and list the contents of the file at

/etc/apt/sources.list

For some reason it is likely the main repository is disabled and it will have to be enabled.