Problem re-installing Firefox 3.6.16

[ZAEDWG]

I have just experienced a problem re-installing Firefox with KpackageKit.
I keep getting an error message "short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/firefox-3.6.16/libxul.so'"

I am running

Kubuntu 10.10,
KDE 4.5.1,
Grub 0.97-29ubuntu60.
Computer is a Desktop,
CPU AMD 64 BIT,
4 Gig of RAM,
120 Gig HD,
Samsung Optical Drive,

Any suggestions on how to move forward?
Cheers,
Graeme.

[Linkmaster]

Re: Problem re-installing Firefox 3.6.16

You state that your re-installing Firefox: how did you remove it? Becase it appears that some of the FF files are still remaining on your computer before the new installation attempt. I believe this because I have that same path/name myself in my own '/usr' file.

[ZAEDWG]

Re: Problem re-installing Firefox 3.6.16

Hi,
I was using KpackageKit to remove it. The only Firefox related programmes in KpackageKit are: Firebug extension for Firefox, Firefox Launchpad extension, & Firefox Web Browser. I have removed/un-installed them. What other files do I need to remove?
Graeme

[Linkmaster]

Re: Problem re-installing Firefox 3.6.16

You might want to run in the konsole[terminal] a 'purge' command, to ensure its entirely removed. The command is:

sudo apt-get purge firefox

That shold remove whatever is left. I ran a simulation, and this is what happened:

joshua@Isadora:~$ sudo apt-get -s purge firefox
[sudo] password for joshua:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
firefox* firefox-branding*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Purg firefox [3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1] [firefox-branding:i386 ]
Purg firefox-branding [3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1]

If that does work, we can then attempt to install it in the same instance[no need to restart the computer]. You'll need to run:

sudo apt-get install firefox

And hopefully that will solve the issue(s). The reason for the Konsole is that KPackageKit sucks. I only use it to find the packages to install through the Konsole.

[ZAEDWG]

Re: Problem re-installing Firefox 3.6.16

Hi,
I did as you suggested, and this is what came up.

graeme@graeme-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo apt-get purge firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
firefox-branding : Depends: firefox (= 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1) but it is not going to be installed
firefox-launchpad-plugin : Depends: firefox but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
graeme@graeme-System-Product-Name:~$

I tried to re-install firefox as you suggested and below is the result.

sudo apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
firefox-gnome-support ttf-lyx
The following NEW packages will be installed:
firefox
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/12.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 37.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
firefox
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
(Reading database ... 130924 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firefox (from .../firefox_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal gzip read error: '<fd:0>: invalid code lengths set'
dpkg-deb: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/firefox-3.6.16/libxul.so'
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
graeme@graeme-System-Product-Name:~$
Not sure what to do now.

Graeme

[Linkmaster]

Re: Problem re-installing Firefox 3.6.16

Have you tried apt-get -f install with no packages as 'apt-get' suggested?
But we have something workable, we know where the problem is related, by what the Konsole told us:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
firefox-branding : Depends: firefox (= 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1) but it is not going to be installed
firefox-launchpad-plugin : Depends: firefox but it is not going to be installed

and

dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal gzip read error: '<fd:0>: invalid code lengths set'
dpkg-deb: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/firefox-3.6.16/libxul.so'
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I've never personally encountered these problems, though I can attempt to simulate it on a personal computer of my own. But these problems state that there is a known package dependency issue missing. Question: Have you installed the build-essentials onto your computer?