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Troubleshoot Firefox: Voyager 12.04
A friend of mine is running Voyager 12.04 which is Xubuntu based on a desktop.
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=voyager The Frenchmen that built this distro branded the browser making it difficult for me to update Firefox. (currently using Firefox 12) http://voyager.legtux.org/ I have tried running: Code:
sudo apt-get upgrade firefoxI found the tarball for Firefox here- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/ I am not good with installing tarballs. I get that the "Read-Me" file or the "Install" file is the key to success but for some reason: /.configure, make and make install does not work for me. Is there a way to upgrade Firefox w/o wrecking the "branded browser" that the Voyager developer designed? |
Please post the exact error-message you get and the output of
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sudo apt-get update |
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┌─( sifu ) - ( 3.2.0-23-generic ) - ( ~ ) |
As you can see there is a whole bunch of problems with third party repositories for this system, AFAIK Medibuntu doesn't even exist anymore. It seems that either the distro maintainer doesn't really maintain the repositories (or better the list of repositories in use) or this system is misconfigured, either by the user or by not being properly updated. That this system is still using Firefox 12 (Firefox in Ubuntu 12.04 is already on version 26.0) indicates the latter.
So at first I would recommend a full system update. Nonetheless, the error message you got (please post that, too) indicates other problems. |
I tried to upgrade Firefox-
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┌─( sifu ) - ( 3.2.0-23-generic ) - ( ~ )Over the summer my friend typed the "Y" for the upgrade and after the next restart all he had was a black screen with a flashing cursor. So that doesn't work. I had to reinstall the driver for his graphics card because the upgrade broke it and broke the 'fglrx' I ran sudo apt-get install fglrx to fix the problem. |
For now this system is not upgraded and therefore a security risk. A full upgrade, using the dist-upgrade command, is highly recommended.
Usually fglrx will be reinstalled automatically, if DKMS is installed and working, but if not just do that after upgrading and rebooting to recovery mode. |
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sudo apt-get dist-upgradeShould the OS crash and I have to persue Recovery Mode what option would I choose? (only been in recovery mode once and have since forgotten) |
The distribution upgrade was a huge success! TobiSGD!
Rebooted w/o any issues-- Firefox 26 is now installed and the system is up to date and running stable. My friend is content with his OS. My friend says: "Thank You"!;) |
Always happy to help. Please tell your friend to update the system more often.
One question remains, are there still those 3rd party repositories enabled that won't work anymore? If so, it might be a good idea to remove them. |
Looking at his sources.list I don't see Medibuntu.
I think that there is still some of the 3rd party stuff at the end:- Code:
> sudo cat /etc/apt/sources.listStarting with this one: Code:
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main |
The sources.list looks good. While the last entry is in fact a third party repository it is still maintained and not the culprit here.
Check the directory /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ for additional files. Sidenote: You don't need sudo to cat those files. |
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Ok, TobiSGD:
He took a screenshot of the sources.list.d/ directory:- I see a medibuntu.list.save file in his directory should I delete it? The photobucket image has a zoom on the bottom right hand corner-- http://s1052.photobucket.com/user/Ul...rcesd.png.html |
Those files with the .save suffix are merely backup copies, interesting are those with the .list suffix. I would start with removing the medibuntu files. There also seems to be a problem with the yannubuntu PPA, so I would rename that so that it has a .save suffix.
After that repeat the Code:
sudo apt-get update |
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Shift+Del did not work. Right click failed as well. Code:
sudo nautilus returned command not found |
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