Installing firefox

[jone]

Im new, to kubuntu and to linux systems aswell. I am having problems getting into my email with Konqueror, (hotmail.com) So i wanted to see if it got better if i downloaded FireFox. So i have, but i have no idea how i install it. I try to do what the readme file says, but i seem to be doing it wrong.

sorry if this post is in the wrong section.

thanks

[linuxwizard]

Re: Installing firefox

Hi

Firefox is already installed in Kubuntu. Go to launch menu >Internet> Firefox will be in there no need to install it.

[jone]

Re: Installing firefox

hi

its not already installed in my version of kubuntu, konqueror is the only webbrowser ive got

if i open adept manager and search for firefox, i find it "status not installed" and i have chaged the request from "no change" to "install" but when i try to apply changes, kubuntu requires me to insert a cd, but i dont have that cd...

some clues to whats going on?

[kubicle]

Re: Installing firefox

its not already installed in my version of kubuntu, konqueror is the only webbrowser ive got

Firefox isn't installed in default kubuntu (as konqueror is the default browser)...of course if you have installed ubuntu first and the added kubuntu firefox will be installed (as it's the default browser for ubuntu)

f i open adept manager and search for firefox, i find it "status not installed" and i have chaged the request from "no change" to "install" but when i try to apply changes, kubuntu requires me to insert a cd, but i dont have that cd...

Chances are that the online repositories weren't enabled during installation (maybe your network wasn't correctly configured during installation or the cable was unplugged?)

First thing to check is that the repositories are enabled:

In Adept, goto view>manage repositories and enable all grayed out repositories (right-click on a repository and choose 'enable') don't forget to 'apply' your changes.

You can also open up the repository list with a text-editor:

kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list

And remove '#' in front of lines that start with '#deb' and save

Now after clicking 'Fetch Updates' in Adept, you should be able to install Firefox (and other software) from the repositories.

[jone]

Re: Installing firefox

i have done that, but when i press "fetch updates" it tells me to insert a disk

[aysiu]

Re: Installing firefox

Then put a # in front of the line that has a CD-ROM in it.

[jone]

Re: Installing firefox

ive done that, but now it says it has a problem installing/downloading the files

[thomax]

Re: Installing firefox

just do

sudo apt-get install firefox

[jone]

Re: Installing firefox

ok, i did the "sudo apt-get install firefox" in the run command, but nothing happened, when i pressed "run" the command line just closed, as if it should have done something, but id didnt do anything..

[kubicle]

Re: Installing firefox

ok, i did the "sudo apt-get install firefox" in the run command, but nothing happened, when i pressed "run" the command line just closed, as if it should have done something, but id didnt do anything..

Err...disappeared? Were you running the command from the Run Dialog rather than Konsole, if so you have to enable 'run in terminal' in the settings.

However, if you can't install it with adept or synaptic, apt-get probably won't work either. Could you post your /etc/apt/sources.list file so we can have a look if there's something amiss there?

[jone]

Re: Installing firefox

ok, here's my list sources file

#
# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 6.06.1 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060807.1)]/ dapper main restricted


# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 6.06.1 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060807.1)]/ dapper main restricted

deb http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
deb-src http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
deb-src http://no.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://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
deb-src http://no.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://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse


deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse

[serverside6]

Re: Installing firefox

Problem Solved (4 me) After doing this NOTHING was greyed out.

I had same problem and tried most of the suggestions but to no avail.
What finally did the trick was a simple Konsole command:

sudo apt-get update

Be sure to close Adept/Add Remove Programs first. I think you get sharing violation errors if you don't.

It may be as simple as doing an apt-get update or it may be a combination of some of the other suggestions along with the apt-get update, cannot say for sure.