[SOLVED] Can not open Firefox after update

haind · 05-28-2015, 01:58 AM

Hi!

After updaten firefox 38.0.1. I can not open firefox anymore. When I type: "firefox" in terminal. It shows:

Code:

XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib64/firefox-38.0.1/libxul.so:
/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version 'GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by /usr/lib64/firefox-38.0.1/libxul.so)
Couldn't load XPCOM.

If anyone know the issue, please let's me know. Thanks

veerain · 05-28-2015, 02:21 AM

Error means a certain minimum version of C++ standard library is not available. So you need to upgrade gcc package which provides new libstdc++.

haind · 05-28-2015, 02:41 AM

I use

Code:

slackpkg upgrade libstd

Unforunately, It does't find anything.

ponce · 05-28-2015, 03:36 AM

hi haind, I suppose you have slackware64-14.1 and tried to upgrade mozilla-firefox using the package in -current: you can't do that, as it is built against current libraries that are different from the one of the stable version.
and upgrading glibc/gcc packages moving from the ones provided by your slackware version is not safe at all if you don't know what your doing as you may easily end up breaking your install completely.

if you want to install a newer firefox beside what is provided by your slackware version the best option for you is to use latest-firefox script by ruario.

gengisdave · 05-28-2015, 03:38 AM

The packages to update are named gcc-*; are you using -current? Firefox 38 dependencies are only met in -current.

haind · 05-28-2015, 05:40 AM

thank you for reply ponce. I'm new. So how can I use the script from ruario?

ponce · 05-28-2015, 05:44 AM

open a terminal, become root with

Code:

su -

then, from that root shell

Code:

wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ruario/9672798/raw/7f2ccc2f69bf36fa09d642e3728dae804cbe6b06/latest-firefox
sh latest-firefox --install

haind · 05-28-2015, 05:45 AM

Hi gengisdave. I'm using slackware 14.1. It's current.

ponce · 05-28-2015, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by haind

Hi gengisdave. I'm using slackware 14.1. It's current.

I think there's a little confusion here:
- slackware 14.1 is the latest stable version (you should definitely use this if you don't know what you're doing);
- slackware current is the testing/development version (not recommended for general use).
they are not the same thing.

haind · 05-28-2015, 06:37 AM

When I do like you said. It shows me that existing firefox 38.0.1 installed. So I remove firefox and rerun your script. It worked. Thank you so much, ponce