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Old 01-13-2011, 12:35 PM   #1
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Hello everyone,

I have just installed Debian (lenny) to famliarize myself a bit with it before 6.0 is released. I am simply trying to install firefox, but aptitude is unable to find the package. I have tried changing my source.list file after looking at the sticky in the debian forum. Here my current /etc/apt/sources.list

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# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.7 _Lenny_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20101127-18:32]/ lenny contrib main

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.7 _Lenny_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20101127-18:32]/ lenny contrib main

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib

deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
This is what I get when I type in apt-get install mozilla-firefox

Code:
localhost:/etc/apt# apt-get install mozilla-firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package mozilla-firefox is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  iceweasel
E: Package mozilla-firefox has no installation candidate
localhost:/etc/apt#
Using just firefox as as the package name gives the same result. Any hint in the right direction would be very appreciated!
 
Old 01-13-2011, 12:53 PM   #2
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Firefox has been removed from Debian for sometime now,you can check Google for the reasons.
However,there is an unbranded Firefox-like browser called Iceweasel in the repositories you can use:

http://packages.debian.org/lenny/iceweasel

As shown in the output from your terminal:

Code:
Package mozilla-firefox is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  iceweasel
So it should be as simple as:

Code:
aptitude install iceweasel
Or you could download and install Firefox from their website.

Last edited by the trooper; 01-13-2011 at 01:08 PM.
 
Old 01-13-2011, 01:21 PM   #3
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Firefox has been removed from Debian for sometime now
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...but you can add Firefox (is it worth it???) see e.g. "How to Install Firefox in Debian Linux" - http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Firefox-in-Debian-Linux...

I use and prefer Chrome
 
Old 01-13-2011, 01:21 PM   #4
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Firefox has been removed from Debian for sometime now
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...but you can add Firefox (is it worth it???) see e.g. "How to Install Firefox in Debian Linux" - http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Firefox-in-Debian-Linux...

I use and prefer Chrome
 
Old 01-13-2011, 06:51 PM   #5
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I use and prefer Chrome
I see that Chrome has the same "double posting" problem as Chromium...

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