[SOLVED] Firefox 48 fails to install

Captian Kangeroo · 01-12-2017, 09:12 AM

Hey Friends,
Ran into this problem trying to install firefox :

File "/sources/firefox-48.0.2/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/virtualenv.py", line 200, in create
'Failed to create virtualenv: %s' % self.virtualenv_root)
Exception: Failed to create virtualenv: /sources/firefox-48.0.2/firefox-build-dir/_virtualenv

Appreciate any help or ideas. I installed Modori and was able to connect to web, but really wanted Firefox.

Regards,
Captian

arizonagroovejet · 01-12-2017, 02:59 PM

Why are you trying to install Firefox 48 when the current version is 50?

What, exactly, are you trying to do to install Firefox?

Which distro are you using? (Most distros have Firefox in the repos…) (Edit: Pretend this line doesn't exist! Can't find a strike through formatting option.)

Go to https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/new/click "Free download" and you'll get a .tar.gz you can unpack and then just run the Firefox binary that's inside.

Captian Kangeroo · 01-12-2017, 04:17 PM

Thanks figured it out.

anak_bawang · 01-12-2017, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arizonagroovejet

Why are you trying to install Firefox 48 when the current version is 50?

What, exactly, are you trying to do to install Firefox?

Which distro are you using? (Most distros have Firefox in the repos…) (Edit: Pretend this line doesn't exist! Can't find a strike through formatting option.)

Go to https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/new/click "Free download" and you'll get a .tar.gz you can unpack and then just run the Firefox binary that's inside.

This is LFS forum. In LFS everything should compile from source.
I'm really appreciated what Captian Kangeroo done, although it was not the current version of firefox.

For myself, I also compile the version on LFS book. After I got some clue, then I compile the current version.

spiky0011 · 01-13-2017, 11:16 AM

Captain Kangeroo. Could you post how you fixed it for further reference.