tbird and ffox install- NOT

[tom_d]

I have followed every set of instructions I can find, and cannot get either tbird or ffox to install and run.  What's the trick?

[tom_d]

Re: tbird and ffox install- NOT

as it says:

:~$ sudo apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
firefox: Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

:~$ sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mozilla-firefox: Depends: firefox but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

[aysiu]

Re: tbird and ffox install- NOT

Try this.

1.

sudo apt-get -f install

2. Follow these instructions to get a fresh sources.list--do not add to your current list. Make sure you replace it.
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/sources

3. Then do

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install firefox mozilla-thunderbird

[tom_d]

Re: tbird and ffox install- NOT

from http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/sources

If you're using Kubuntu (KDE):
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup
kdesu kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list

is this all one command, or two separate ones?

[tom_d]

Re: tbird and ffox install- NOT

following your instructions:

:~$ sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup

it just flashes back to the prompt


:~$ kdesu kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
kbuildsycoca running...
ScimInputContextPlugin()


I now have sources.list open in a KWrite window which says:


# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
# deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

do I just replace that with the text from http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/sources

"Then copy and paste the following over your existing sources.list if you're using Dapper (6.06):"

??

[tom_d]

Re: tbird and ffox install- NOT

bulling right along (I can always format and re-install . . .)

your instructions seem to have worked just fine!

So now my question is "WHY?"
what was 'wrong' that all of that needed to be done?

[aysiu]

Re: tbird and ffox install- NOT

Looks as if you figured everything out yourself.

What was wrong? Do you see all those # signs in your original sources.list?

The # sign at the beginning of a line basically says "Ignore the rest of this line." For all practical purposes, that line isn't there. It's called "commenting out" a line.

How it got that way--that I don't know.

[tom_d]

Re: tbird and ffox install- NOT

"How it got that way--that I don't know"

Me neither:-) never touched it honest . . .

but I am some pleased and thankful for your help

[kubicle]

Re: tbird and ffox install- NOT

"How it got that way--that I don't know"

Me neither:-) never touched it honest . . .

Most likely because the installer couldn't connect to the repositories when you installed (perhaps your network wasn't connected?)

Notice all those

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:

lines in your original sources.list