Ubuntuzilla testing: please help if you can :)

[nanotube]

I have initiated the use of CVS for revision control for ubuntuzilla. So, you can get the latest "beta" versions of ubuntuzilla out of the ubuntuzilla module on CVS (http://ubuntuzilla.cvs.sourceforge.net/ubuntuzilla/ubuntuzilla/)
just pull the latest version, tagged "HEAD".

anyone who can spare some time to play around with the beta versions on, say, on a livecd (so as to avoid potential mishaps with your production system).

once the "beta" has seen and passed some testing, i will tag it with a release-version tag, and post the release on the file release servers.

note that if you just want the stable release and don't want to help with testing, you should just visit the Ubuntuzilla project site (http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net) and get the stable release from there.

i will post messages to this thread when a new beta is available, so that you will know when and what to test. ;)

[nanotube]

a new testing version is available in CVS (http://ubuntuzilla.cvs.sourceforge.net/ubuntuzilla/ubuntuzilla/).
it implements the "unattended" mode (command line option -u)
there is also a new -l option to supply the desired localization through command line (otherwise, how would it run unattended?).
run ubuntuzilla with '-h' to get the help info for all command line options.

so, please test the unattended installs, uninstalls, updates for all three packages, and see if everything works as expected.

test also the "regular" interactive mode functionality, to make sure nothing is broken.

thanks in advance to all testers!

[nanotube]

The latest revision in CVS now has some more new features. I can see that in the week or so that this thread has existed, nobody actually got around to testing anything, but hey, i figure, why not pretend someone is listening. :)

a new automatic update checker has been implemented. it's really cool, really!

See the revision log for details.

please test this thing backwards and forwards, and see if anything falls out. :)

[nanotube]

i should have learned better than to expect someone to actually test something after reading this thread, but... here i go again. :)

ubuntuzilla version 4.2.0 is ready for release, but i'd like to get some independent testing to make sure things work.

a lot of changes made. the most notable ones being that ubuntuzilla now comes in a .deb for easier and more consistent installation/removal, as well as with a built-in self-updater.

for more detailed change list, see the CVS changelogs (http://ubuntuzilla.cvs.sourceforge.net/ubuntuzilla/ubuntuzilla/ubuntuzilla.py?view=log) for revisions 1.17 - 1.19.

if anyone finds something amiss, please let me know. :)

the 4.2.0 .deb file is attached to this message.

[aysiu]

Here's what I get: username@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i ubuntuzilla-4.2.0-0ubuntu1.deb
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
Selecting previously deselected package ubuntuzilla.
(Reading database ... 120708 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ubuntuzilla (from ubuntuzilla-4.2.0-0ubuntu1.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntuzilla:
ubuntuzilla depends on libnotify-bin; however:
Package libnotify-bin is not installed.
dpkg: error processing ubuntuzilla (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
ubuntuzilla
username@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libnotify-bin
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libnotify-bin
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 18.3kB of archives.
After unpacking 77.8kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe libnotify-bin 0.4.3-1 [18.3kB]
Fetched 18.3kB in 0s (18.9kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libnotify-bin.
(Reading database ... 120712 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libnotify-bin (from .../libnotify-bin_0.4.3-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libnotify-bin (0.4.3-1) ...
Setting up ubuntuzilla (4.2.0-0ubuntu1) ...
username@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ u
ubuntu-bug ulimit unset update-default-ispell update-locale update-xmlcatalog
ubuntuzilla.py umask unstr update-default-wordlist update-manager uptime
ucf umount until update-desktop-database update-mime usbmodules
ucfq unalias unzip update-dictcommon-aspell update-mime-database usb_printerid
ucfr uname unzipsfx update-fonts-alias update-modules useradd
ucs2any unattended-upgrade update-alternatives update-fonts-dir update-ms-fonts userdel
udevcontrol uncompress update-anthy-dics update-fonts-scale update-notifier usermod
udevd unexpand update-app-install update-gconf-defaults update-openoffice-dicts users
udevinfo unicode_start update-binfmts update-gdkpixbuf-loaders update-pangox-aliases users-admin
udevmonitor unicode_stop update-ca-certificates update-grub update-passwd usplash
udevsettle uniq update-catalog update-gtk-immodules update-pciids usplash_down
udevtest unix_chkpwd updatedb update-inetd update-python-modules usplash_write
udevtrigger unlink updatedb.notslocate update-initramfs update-rc.d uuidgen
ul unpack200 update-default-aspell update-java-alternatives update-usbids uxterm
username@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ ubuntuzilla.py

Welcome to the Ubuntuzilla Firefox script version 4.2.0

This script installs the latest release of the official Mozilla build of Firefox on Ubuntu Linux. If you run into any problems using this script, or have feature requests, suggestions, or general comments, please visit our website at http://pykeylogger.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Ubuntuzilla

Retrieving the version of the latest release of Firefox from the Mozilla website...
The most recent release of Firefox is detected to be 2.0.0.6. Please make sure this is correct before proceeding. (You can confirm by going to http://www.mozilla.org/)
If no version number shows, if the version shown is not the latest, or if you would like to install an older release, press 'n', and you'll be given the option to enter the version manually. Otherwise, press 'y', and proceed with installation. [y/n]?
Please enter 'y' or 'n': y
Retrieving list of available localizations for Firefox ...
Please choose the localization (language) for Firefox. Enter the number of your choice from the list below. [If you do not see a list of localizations, please check the help section of our website at http://pykeylogger.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Ubuntuzilla for steps you can take to resolve this problem.]
0. awk: warning: escape sequence `\/' treated as plain `/' 1. af 2. ar 3. be
4. bg 5. ca 6. cs 7. da
8. de 9. el 10. en-GB 11. en-US
12. es-AR 13. es-ES 14. eu 15. fi
16. fr 17. fy-NL 18. ga-IE 19. gu-IN
20. he 21. hu 22. it 23. ja
24. ka 25. ko 26. ku 27. lt
28. mk 29. mn 30. nb-NO 31. nl
32. nn-NO 33. pa-IN 34. pl 35. pt-BR
36. pt-PT 37. ro 38. ru 39. sk
40. sl 41. sv-SE 42. tr 43. zh-CN
44. zh-TW
Enter your choice of localization (integer, from 0 to 44): 11
You have chosen localization en-US. Is that correct [y/n]?
Please enter 'y' or 'n': y
Get:1 http://packages.medibuntu.org feisty Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org feisty/free Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org feisty/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org feisty Release
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Translation-en_US
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org feisty/free Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org feisty/non-free Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org feisty/free Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org feisty/non-free Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/multiverse Packages
Fetched 193B in 2s (76B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox is already the newest version.
libstdc++5 is already the newest version.
libgtk2.0-0 is already the newest version.
libgtk2.0-0 set to manual installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Backing up old Firefox preferences


Downloading Firefox archive from the Mozilla site

--07:20:10-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.6/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz
=> `firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 204.152.184.113, 207.200.66.54, 152.163.212.246, ...
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|204.152.184.113|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.6/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz ... done.
Length: 9,671,806 (9.2M) (unauthoritative)

100%[================================================== ================================================== =======================>] 9,671,806 618.52K/s ETA 00:00

07:20:28 (568.15 KB/s) - `firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz' saved [9671806]


Downloading Firefox signature from the Mozilla site

--07:20:28-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.6/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz.asc
=> `firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz.asc'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 204.152.184.113, 207.200.66.54, 130.239.18.159, ...
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|204.152.184.113|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.6/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz.asc ... done.
Length: 186 (unauthoritative)

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07:20:28 (13.49 KB/s) - `firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz.asc' saved [186]


Importing Mozilla Software Releases public key

Note that if you have never used gpg before on this system, and this is your first time running this script, there may be a delay of about a minute during the generation of a gpg keypair. This is normal and expected behavior.

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Verifying signature...
Note: do not worry about "untrusted key" warnings. That is normal behavior for newly imported keys.

gpg: Signature made Sun 29 Jul 2007 08:55:41 PM PDT using DSA key ID 0E3606D9
gpg: Good signature from "Mozilla Software Releases <releases@mozilla.org>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: F57F 372A 8C6D 4F55 72DE C9B9 696E 3431 0E36 06D9
Password:

Linking plugins


Linking launcher to new Firefox

Adding `local diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu'
Adding `local diversion of /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox to /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu'

The new Firefox version 2.0.0.6 has been installed successfully. Thank you for using Ubuntuzilla.

Would you like to set up automatic update checking for the official Mozilla build of Firefox (recommended)? This feature will regularly check for updates to Firefox, and put up a small unobtrusive notification message with update information, when a new release is available. [y/n]
Please enter 'y' or 'n': y

Making sure package libnotify-bin (necessary to produce notifications) is installed.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libnotify-bin is already the newest version.
libnotify-bin set to manual installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
no crontab for alan
Updater successfully installed to your crontab. Try 'crontab -l' to see your new crontab, 'crontab -e' if you decide to edit it.

Thank you for using Ubuntuzilla. Pretty much successful. It's a little weird that I was prompted for a password in the middle of the installation. I don't think fifteen minutes had passed (for the sudo timeout).

Also, the script checks that libnotify-bin is installed, but the .deb won't install without libnotify-bin. I think it'd make sense to not have libnotify-bin be a dependency (a simple .deb that installs by itself would be good) and then have the script check for that package only if you want the update feature.

[nanotube]

hey, nice, so it works after all, eh. :)

as to libnotify-bin - well, that extra check is left over from when ubuntuzilla wasn't in a .deb yet. i think i'd rather leave it as a dependency, and remove the manual check. i feel better using an "official" method of keeping track of dependencies, rather than the ad-hoc method i had before.

same thing goes for libstdc++5 and libgtk.

what do you think?

also, by the way, if you use "gdebi -i" instead of "dpkg -i", it will automatically take care of dependencies for you. using gdebi will be the method i recommend in the instructions (or just doubleclicking the .deb, which uses gdebi-gtk).

[aysiu]

Well, is it really a dependency if it's needed only for the "yes" option on self-updating Firefox? Perhaps it could be a recommended package? Doesn't dpkg allow for recommended packages?

Thanks for the tip about gdebi, by the way.

[nanotube]

it is a dependency to do update checking, for firefox, tbird, and seamonkey. it comes into play both when doing automatic update checking through a cron job, as well as when doing a manual update checking (with -a 'checkforupdategui'). if i leave it out, then i'll have to put in the apt-get check when doing the update check itself, and that means the cron job will need sudo rights, and that would mess everything up.

i am pretty sure it is a general practice to include all dependencies for built in program features, even for features that may not be the "main" part of the program. so i think i'll just keep it as a dependency. it will let me avoid doing manual libnotify-bin checking, and keep things nice and clean.

i did not put firefox or thunderbird main packages into the dependency list, because the need for those depends on what the person is using ubuntuzilla for, but libnotify-bin is needed for all of them.

does that seem reasonable to you?

[aysiu]

Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense.

[nanotube]

let me know if you think of anything else. discussing things with you always seems to make them clearer in my mind. :)

i'm in the process of moving the CVS repository and the file releases over to ubuntuzilla project space (made a request to the admins and waiting to hear from them). I will make the 4.2 release once the ubuntuzilla project is all set up.

[aysiu]

Another thing I was thinking of as a feature request (I know you already have a lot of things you're thinking of, but I'll just throw this out there): man page?

Right now, you do ubuntuzilla.py -help which is fine, but I think it may help some veterans (or even relative beginners) to know that man ubuntuzilla would work.

[nanotube]

that's a good idea - the thought has crossed my mind, but then i realized i don't know how to make man pages. :)

i'll look into it when i have some time - man pages /are/ nice.

[michael37]

Hi Nanotube,

Thanks for creating the ThunderbirdNewVersion page and keeping the Tbird pages updated. I based my Wiki updates on the Thunderbird discussed from the x86_64 forums. I didn't know about existence of this forum on Tbird.

I have a question about the 64-bit Ubuntuzilla script. As far as I can see, the script installs only the 32-bit binaries from release.mozilla.org and, per http://ubuntuzilla.wiki.sourceforge.net/#tochome23, requires 32-bit libraries to work. However, the repository supports native 64-bit binaries. Am I missing something?

[nanotube]

Hi Nanotube,

Thanks for creating the ThunderbirdNewVersion page and keeping the Tbird pages updated. I based my Wiki updates on the Thunderbird discussed from the x86_64 forums. I didn't know about existence of this forum on Tbird.

I have a question about the 64-bit Ubuntuzilla script. As far as I can see, the script installs only the 32-bit binaries from release.mozilla.org and, per http://ubuntuzilla.wiki.sourceforge.net/#tochome23, requires 32-bit libraries to work. However, the repository supports native 64-bit binaries. Am I missing something?

hi michael!
i wanted to contact you to discuss the wiki updates, but you didn't have a wiki user page with contact info, so i had no choice but to just jump in and edited on top of your edits. :) thanks for adding that third-party repo, it's a pretty good alternative method.

as to the 32bit vs 64bit, yes, you're right, ubuntuzilla only installs the 32bit binary, because those are the only binaries that are provided by mozilla itself. but since they work on 64bit using the 32bit compatibility libraries, i titled the ubuntuzilla method as "32bit and 64bit"... it isn't supposed to imply that it installs native 64bit binaries, only that it will work on 64bit systems.
what do you think?

thanks for seeking out these forums and posting! :)

[michael37]

hi michael!
i wanted to contact you to discuss the wiki updates, but you didn't have a wiki user page with contact info, so i had no choice but to just jump in and edited on top of your edits. :) thanks for adding that third-party repo, it's a pretty good alternative method.

as to the 32bit vs 64bit, yes, you're right, ubuntuzilla only installs the 32bit binary, because those are the only binaries that are provided by mozilla itself. but since they work on 64bit using the 32bit compatibility libraries, i titled the ubuntuzilla method as "32bit and 64bit"... it isn't supposed to imply that it installs native 64bit binaries, only that it will work on 64bit systems.
what do you think?

thanks for seeking out these forums and posting! :)

Well, you now know who I am. Please to meet you too,

Actually, I think this 64 vs 32bit stuff is fairly confusing. First of all, the 64-bit Ubuntu that I installed with all defaults doesn't have most of the needed 32-bit libraries. I struggled some tracking the right libraries before I got 32-bit Ubuntuzilla install to work.

Also, this 64-bit vs 32-bit stuff is very confusing for Lightning users. There have been quite a few discussions on the subject on x86_64 board. Lightning extension is binary, so it is arch specific and must match the Thunderbird arch. The 32-bit Lightning is officially released, and 64-bit Lightning is also available in contribs (see my ThunderbirdLightning page). Oddly enough, 64-bit Thunderbird is not available in contribs :confused: Anyway, I struggled a bit trying to explain on the Lightning page how to install the right version of Lightning.

[nanotube]

Well, you now know who I am. Please to meet you too,

Actually, I think this 64 vs 32bit stuff is fairly confusing. First of all, the 64-bit Ubuntu that I installed with all defaults doesn't have most of the needed 32-bit libraries. I struggled some tracking the right libraries before I got 32-bit Ubuntuzilla install to work.

Also, this 64-bit vs 32-bit stuff is very confusing for Lightning users. There have been quite a few discussions on the subject on x86_64 board. Lightning extension is binary, so it is arch specific and must match the Thunderbird arch. The 32-bit Lightning is officially released, and 64-bit Lightning is also available in contribs (see my ThunderbirdLightning page). Oddly enough, 64-bit Thunderbird is not available in contribs :confused: Anyway, I struggled a bit trying to explain on the Lightning page how to install the right version of Lightning.

well, this issue of missing ia32 libs is going to be moot starting with ubuntuzilla 4.3.0, since i will be releasing two .debs, one for i386, and one for amd64. the only difference between the two will be that the amd64 will have the ia32 and other 32bit compatibility libraries as dependencies, which should minimize any problems for 64bit users...

but yes, it is all pretty confusing - and i don't even run 64bit ubuntu! :)

by the way, just to be certain - what is your output on your 64bit ubuntu install of command
uname -m
it is "x86_64", right?

[nanotube]

hey aysiu,

ok, so the man page is now in existence. :)

try out the latest version (4.3.0) of ubuntuzilla - install the .deb, then try
man ubuntuzilla

fancy, eh? :)

[aysiu]

Just tested it out. The man page looks great!

[nanotube]

Just tested it out. The man page looks great!

i'm glad you like it :) thanks for prompting me to make it - i learned how to make manpages, and learning something new is always nice.

let me know if you think of any other nifty things i could add. :)

[michael37]

well, this issue of missing ia32 libs is going to be moot starting with ubuntuzilla 4.3.0, since i will be releasing two .debs, one for i386, and one for amd64. the only difference between the two will be that the amd64 will have the ia32 and other 32bit compatibility libraries as dependencies, which should minimize any problems for 64bit users...

but yes, it is all pretty confusing - and i don't even run 64bit ubuntu! :)

by the way, just to be certain - what is your output on your 64bit ubuntu install of command
uname -m
it is "x86_64", right?

Yes, it is x86_64. The .debs are called amd64, just for confusion.

In my experience, the ia32linux libs were not enough. I also needed some gtk libraries at al. How are you going to test the amd64 package? I'd love to volunteer, but I use this 64-bit computer for "production" so I can't experiment with removing libraries etc.

Also, what are your thoughts on integrating Lightning in ubuntuzilla?

[nanotube]

Yes, it is x86_64. The .debs are called amd64, just for confusion.

In my experience, the ia32linux libs were not enough. I also needed some gtk libraries at al. How are you going to test the amd64 package? I'd love to volunteer, but I use this 64-bit computer for "production" so I can't experiment with removing libraries etc.

Also, what are your thoughts on integrating Lightning in ubuntuzilla?

hm, well, the testing for the supporting libraries has been done before by others - which resulted it the "help" item for 64bit users on the ubuntuzilla site (check it out, it's there toward the end)
i just added those dependencies into the .deb - everything else stays exactly the same as the i386 version.

about lightning - my understanding is that it is just an extension for thunderbird... so once you install thunderbird using ubuntuzilla, you can just go and download the lightning extension, and install it on thunderbird like any other extension? why would ubuntuzilla need to do anything about it?

i appreciate your willingness to help with testing, and i totally understand your reluctance to mess with a production machine. thanks for the thought, anyway. :)

[michael37]

about lightning - my understanding is that it is just an extension for thunderbird... so once you install thunderbird using ubuntuzilla, you can just go and download the lightning extension, and install it on thunderbird like any other extension? why would ubuntuzilla need to do anything about it?

They packaged lightning as an extension to the thunderbird, but it's really an embedded binary application that is architecture dependent (e.g. lightning also requires dynamic libraries). Most extensions are truly XUL-based architecture independent. The tricky part here is that lightning must match the architecture of parent Thunderbird application. Thunderbird doesn't check for this level of details, so it's entirely possible to install 32-bit Lightning into 64-bit Thunderbird and pull one's hair our trying to make it work. Check our more details at this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ThunderbirdLightning. So, I had to differentiate between the repository method and ubuntuzilla method since they result in Thunderbird binaries of different architectures.

[nanotube]

ah-ha... i will have to make that clear in my instructions, then, since my amd64 version installs the 32bit thunderbird, along with the compatibility libraries, not a native 64bit thunderbird (which is not available from mozilla).

thanks for pointing that out. :)

[manij]

Alright, newbie here,

did a dual boot install on tpad r51 with dapper. install went fi ne and i'm able use the basic functions

wanted to run the script so i can upate firefox

double click,

first error say libnotify-bin not satifsfied

downlaoded libnotify-bin package fro debian.org

second error

libc6 depency not satisfied

dowloaded that
third error

libgllib2.00 blah blah depency not satisfied

dowloaded that and i get the message

fourht error

failed to satisfy all dependencies (broken cache)

What on earth does this mean and how do i fix it?


thanks
Mani

[Dark Star]

What can I do .:) Plz lemme know :D

[nanotube]

Alright, newbie here,

did a dual boot install on tpad r51 with dapper. install went fi ne and i'm able use the basic functions

wanted to run the script so i can upate firefox

double click,

first error say libnotify-bin not satifsfied

downlaoded libnotify-bin package fro debian.org

second error

libc6 depency not satisfied

dowloaded that
third error

libgllib2.00 blah blah depency not satisfied

dowloaded that and i get the message

fourht error

failed to satisfy all dependencies (broken cache)

What on earth does this mean and how do i fix it?


thanks
Mani

hi,
ehrm... if you use gdebi to install, it should automatically take care of the dependencies and all that... what are you using to install the package? dpkg?

also, if you're getting packages manually, don't get them from debian.org, get them from packages.ubuntu.com

debian packages are frequently incompatible with ubuntu.

so... uninstall all those debian packages you got,
then run "apt-get install -f"
then run "sudo gdebi -i /path/to/ubuntuzillapackage.deb"

see how that goes. :)

[nanotube]

What can I do .:) Plz lemme know :D

thanks for your offer to help! are you looking to code, or to test? :)

if you're up for doing some python coding, then we can discuss possible new features, etc.

if you're up for testing, then i'll just pm you whenever there's a new release that needs some testing.

[manij]

Hi nano,

Thanks for helping this newb. I reinsatlled ubuntu dapper (didn't know how to uninstall the other packges) and tried the gdebi command. I have the ubuntuzilla file stored on my desktop and executed the gdebi command as sown below and you can see the error message i get. help please!

Thanks

XXX@XXX-laptop:~/Desktop$ sudo gdebi -i ubuntuzilla-4.4.0-0ubuntu1-i386.deb
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/apt/__init__.py:17: FutureWarning: apt API not stable yet
warnings.warn("apt API not stable yet", FutureWarning)
gdebi error, file not found: -i
XXX@XXX-laptop:~/Desktop$

[manij]

when i run the apt -get install command, i get the follwowing error! like I said this is probbaly some rookie stuff. thanks for your help!

xxx@xxx-laptop:~/Desktop$ apt-get install -f
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

[nanotube]

the apt-get error is because it needs to be run as root (with sudo).

also, my bad: gdebi doesn't need a '-i', you should just run a
sudo gdebi ubuntuzillapackage.deb

if that still doesn't work, then you can try the following:

first command:
sudo dpkg -i ubuntizillapackagename.deb

second command;
sudo apt-get install -f

and that should take care of the installation...

don't know what's up with gdebi.. maybe the dapper version is substantially different than the one in feisty...?

[aysiu]

Okay, nanotube. I tested it on Hardy, and it works (as in, it gets Firefox installed), but there seems to be a weird error the first time it tries to get localizations and the package name: username@username-desktop:~/Desktop$ python ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p firefox

Welcome to the Ubuntuzilla Firefox script version 4.4.9

This script installs the latest release of the official Mozilla build of Firefox on Ubuntu Linux. If you run into any problems using this script, or have feature requests, suggestions, or general comments, please visit our website at http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/

Retrieving the version of the latest release of Firefox from the Mozilla website...
The most recent release of Firefox is detected to be 3.0. Please make sure this is correct before proceeding. (You can confirm by going to http://www.mozilla.org/)
If no version number shows, if the version shown is not the latest, or if you would like to install an older release, press 'n', and you'll be given the option to enter the version manually. Otherwise, press 'y', and proceed with installation. [y/n]?
Please enter 'y' or 'n': y
Retrieving list of available localizations for Firefox ...
w3m -dump ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/ |grep '\. \. \.' |grep -v 'xpi'
w3m: Can't load ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/.
Previous command has failed to complete successfully. Exiting.
Process returned code 1
Download error. Trying again, hoping for a different mirror.
Please choose the localization (language) for Firefox. Enter the number of your choice from the list below. [If you do not see a list of localizations, please check the help section of our website at http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/ for steps you can take to resolve this problem.]
0. af 1. ar 2. be 3. ca
4. cs 5. da 6. de 7. el
8. en-GB 9. en-US 10. es-AR 11. es-ES
12. eu 13. fi 14. fr 15. fy-NL
16. ga-IE 17. gu-IN 18. he 19. hu
20. id 21. it 22. ja 23. ka
24. ko 25. ku 26. lt 27. mk
28. mn 29. nb-NO 30. nl 31. nn-NO
32. pa-IN 33. pl 34. pt-BR 35. pt-PT
36. ro 37. ru 38. si 39. sk
40. sl 41. sq 42. sr 43. sv-SE
44. tr 45. uk 46. zh-CN 47. zh-TW

Enter your choice of localization (integer, from 0 to 47): 9
You have chosen localization en-US. Is that correct [y/n]?
Please enter 'y' or 'n': y
[sudo] password for username:
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
Reading package lists... Done

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox-3.0 is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libstdc++5 libnotify-bin gcc-3.3-base
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

Backing up old Firefox preferences

Retrieving package name for Firefox ...
w3m -dump ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US | grep 'firefox' | grep -v '\.asc' |grep -v 'ftp://' | awk '{print $1}'
w3m: Can't load ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US.
Previous command has failed to complete successfully. Exiting.
Process returned code 1
Download error. Trying again, hoping for a different mirror.
Success!: firefox-3.0.tar.bz2

Downloading Firefox archive from the Mozilla site

--13:25:51-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2
=> `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 130.239.18.158, 130.239.18.159, 149.20.20.5, ...
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|130.239.18.158|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR firefox-3.0.tar.bz2 ... done.
Length: 9,083,705 (8.7M) (unauthoritative)

100%[================================================== ===>] 9,083,705 333.07K/s ETA 00:00

13:26:21 (315.74 KB/s) - `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2' saved [9083705]


Downloading Firefox signature from the Mozilla site

--13:26:21-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2.asc
=> `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2.asc'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 64.50.238.52, 129.101.198.62, 130.239.18.158, ...
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|64.50.238.52|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR firefox-3.0.tar.bz2.asc ... done.
Length: 186 (unauthoritative)

100%[================================================== ===>] 186 --.--K/s

13:26:22 (18.26 KB/s) - `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2.asc' saved [186]

tru::1:1209155865:0:3:1:5
gpg: error reading key: public key not found
gpg --list-keys --with-colons 0E3606D9
Mozilla GPG key not present on the system. Will attempt to retrieve from keyserver.
Process returned code 2

Importing Mozilla Software Releases public key

Note that if you have never used gpg before on this system, and this is your first time running this script, there may be a delay of about a minute during the generation of a gpg keypair. This is normal and expected behavior.

gpg: requesting key 0E3606D9 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
gpg: requesting key 812347DD from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
gpg: key 0E3606D9: public key "Mozilla Software Releases <releases@mozilla.org>" imported
gpg: key 812347DD: public key "Mozilla Software Releases <releases@mozilla.org>" imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 2
gpg: imported: 2
Successfully retrieved Mozilla Software Releases Public key from subkeys.pgp.net .


Verifying signature...
Note: do not worry about "untrusted key" warnings. That is normal behavior for newly imported keys.

gpg: Signature made Wed 11 Jun 2008 05:22:04 AM EDT using DSA key ID 17785FE8
gpg: Good signature from "Mozilla Software Releases <releases@mozilla.org>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 8D6F 1BA4 A340 4DDB 3F2F D080 7447 4499 8123 47DD
Subkey fingerprint: 3338 E6BA FF10 3B3D A6A9 E424 B57B 5484 1778 5FE8


Linking plugins

Linking dictionaries

Linking launcher to new Firefox

Adding `local diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu'

Adding `local diversion of /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox to /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu'

The new Firefox version 3.0 has been installed successfully.

Thank you for using Ubuntuzilla.

Please support this project! If you found Ubuntuzilla helpful, please consider showing your appreciation with a small donation. :)

Just visit the project website, http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/ , and click the donate button.

Would you like to set up automatic update checking for the official Mozilla build of Firefox (recommended)? This feature will regularly check for updates to Firefox, and put up a small unobtrusive notification message with update information, when a new release is available. [y/n]
Please enter 'y' or 'n': y
no crontab for username
Updater successfully installed to your crontab. Try 'crontab -l' to see your new crontab, 'crontab -e' if you decide to edit it.

Thank you for using Ubuntuzilla.

Please support this project! If you found Ubuntuzilla helpful, please consider showing your appreciation with a small donation. :)

Just visit the project website, http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/ , and click the donate button.
username@username-desktop:~/Desktop$ firefox &
[1] 5679

[nanotube]

thanks for testing! :)

(by the way, for the benefit of others reading this, we're testing the latest release candidate, attached to this bug report thread: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1996632&group_id=202789&atid=982990 )

ftp://releases.mozilla.org is having some problems. (well was a few minutes ago - but just tried again now, it's back up.

try again if you'd like.

hey, that's the beauty of having many mirrors to try, it just rips right past the error. heh. :)

so it installs... did you try to see if it runs, detects the plugins, if the link is correct (after installation, if you launch /usr/bin/firefox, does it launch the right one, the mozilla build?)

[nanotube]

by the way, could you also please test this ubuntuzilla .deb, to make sure it installs on hardy ok? (attached)

[aysiu]

by the way, could you also please test this ubuntuzilla .deb, to make sure it installs on hardy ok? (attached)
Works on Hardy: username@ubuntu-desktop:~$ ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p firefox

Welcome to the Ubuntuzilla Firefox script version 4.4.9

This script installs the latest release of the official Mozilla build of Firefox on Ubuntu Linux. If you run into any problems using this script, or have feature requests, suggestions, or general comments, please visit our website at http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/

Retrieving the version of the latest release of Firefox from the Mozilla website...
The most recent release of Firefox is detected to be 3.0. Please make sure this is correct before proceeding. (You can confirm by going to http://www.mozilla.org/)
If no version number shows, if the version shown is not the latest, or if you would like to install an older release, press 'n', and you'll be given the option to enter the version manually. Otherwise, press 'y', and proceed with installation. [y/n]?
Please enter 'y' or 'n': y
Retrieving list of available localizations for Firefox ...
Please choose the localization (language) for Firefox. Enter the number of your choice from the list below. [If you do not see a list of localizations, please check the help section of our website at http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/ for steps you can take to resolve this problem.]
0. af 1. ar 2. be 3. ca
4. cs 5. da 6. de 7. el
8. en-GB 9. en-US 10. es-AR 11. es-ES
12. eu 13. fi 14. fr 15. fy-NL
16. ga-IE 17. gu-IN 18. he 19. hu
20. id 21. it 22. ja 23. ka
24. ko 25. ku 26. lt 27. mk
28. mn 29. nb-NO 30. nl 31. nn-NO
32. pa-IN 33. pl 34. pt-BR 35. pt-PT
36. ro 37. ru 38. si 39. sk
40. sl 41. sq 42. sr 43. sv-SE
44. tr 45. uk 46. zh-CN 47. zh-TW

Enter your choice of localization (integer, from 0 to 47): 9
You have chosen localization en-US. Is that correct [y/n]?
Please enter 'y' or 'n': y
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox-3.0 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Backing up old Firefox preferences

Retrieving package name for Firefox ...
Success!: firefox-3.0.tar.bz2

Downloading Firefox archive from the Mozilla site

--14:56:18-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2
=> `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 204.152.184.196, 216.165.129.141, 64.50.236.52, ...
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|204.152.184.196|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... couldn't connect to 204.152.184.196 port 52794: Connection timed out
Retrying.

--14:59:28-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2
(try: 2) => `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2'
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|204.152.184.196|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... couldn't connect to 204.152.184.196 port 64678: Connection timed out
Retrying.

--15:02:39-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2
(try: 3) => `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2'
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|204.152.184.196|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... couldn't connect to 204.152.184.196 port 44099: Connection timed out
Retrying.

--15:05:51-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2
(try: 4) => `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2'
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|204.152.184.196|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... couldn't connect to 204.152.184.196 port 30857: Connection timed out
Retrying.

--15:09:04-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2
(try: 5) => `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2'
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|204.152.184.196|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... couldn't connect to 204.152.184.196 port 54845: Connection timed out
Giving up.

wget -c --tries=5 --read-timeout=20 --waitretry=10 ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2
Previous command has failed to complete successfully. Exiting.
Process returned code 1
Error downloading. Trying again, hoping for a different mirror.
--15:12:15-- ftp://mozilla.isc.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2
=> `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2'
Resolving mozilla.isc.org... 204.152.184.113
Connecting to mozilla.isc.org|204.152.184.113|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR firefox-3.0.tar.bz2 ... done.
Length: 9,083,705 (8.7M) (unauthoritative)

100%[================================================== ===>] 9,083,705 1.19M/s ETA 00:00

15:12:22 (1.29 MB/s) - `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2' saved [9083705]


Downloading Firefox signature from the Mozilla site

--15:12:22-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2.asc
=> `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2.asc'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 156.56.247.196, 204.152.184.196, 216.165.129.141, ...
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|156.56.247.196|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR firefox-3.0.tar.bz2.asc ... done.
Length: 186 (unauthoritative)

100%[================================================== ===>] 186 --.--K/s

15:12:23 (1.29 KB/s) - `firefox-3.0.tar.bz2.asc' saved [186]

tru::1:1213982785:0:3:1:5
pub:-:1024:17:696E34310E3606D9:2005-09-29:::-:Mozilla Software Releases <releases@mozilla.org>::scESC:
sub:e:1024:17:C660CCE21AF32821:2005-09-29:2006-09-29:::::s:
sub:-:2048:16:70474DABAFE99880:2005-09-29::::::e:
tru::1:1213982785:0:3:1:5
pub:-:1024:17:74474499812347DD:2007-07-17:2009-07-16::-:Mozilla Software Releases <releases@mozilla.org>::scESC:
sub:-:1024:17:B57B548417785FE8:2007-07-17:2009-07-16:::::s:
sub:-:2048:16:CB3A74DF1B0EC2E7:2007-07-17:2009-07-16:::::e:

Verifying signature...
Note: do not worry about "untrusted key" warnings. That is normal behavior for newly imported keys.

gpg: Signature made Wed 11 Jun 2008 05:22:04 AM EDT using DSA key ID 17785FE8
gpg: Good signature from "Mozilla Software Releases <releases@mozilla.org>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 8D6F 1BA4 A340 4DDB 3F2F D080 7447 4499 8123 47DD
Subkey fingerprint: 3338 E6BA FF10 3B3D A6A9 E424 B57B 5484 1778 5FE8
[sudo] password for username:

Linking plugins


Linking dictionaries


Linking launcher to new Firefox

Adding `local diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu'
Adding `local diversion of /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox to /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu'

The new Firefox version 3.0 has been installed successfully.

Thank you for using Ubuntuzilla.

Please support this project! If you found Ubuntuzilla helpful, please consider showing your appreciation with a small donation. :)

Just visit the project website, http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/ , and click the donate button.

Would you like to set up automatic update checking for the official Mozilla build of Firefox (recommended)? This feature will regularly check for updates to Firefox, and put up a small unobtrusive notification message with update information, when a new release is available. [y/n]
Please enter 'y' or 'n': y
Updater successfully installed to your crontab. Try 'crontab -l' to see your new crontab, 'crontab -e' if you decide to edit it.

Thank you for using Ubuntuzilla.

Please support this project! If you found Ubuntuzilla helpful, please consider showing your appreciation with a small donation. :)

Just visit the project website, http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/ , and click the donate button.
username@ubuntu-desktop:~$ ls /usr/bin/firefox -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2008-06-20 15:14 /usr/bin/firefox -> /opt/firefox/firefox
username@ubuntu-desktop:~$ firefox &
[1] 5740
username@ubuntu-desktop:~$
(firefox-bin:5757): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(firefox-bin:5757): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(firefox-bin:5757): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(firefox-bin:5757): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

[1]+ Done firefox
username@ubuntu-desktop:~$ ls /opt/firefox/plugins -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2008-06-20 15:14 /opt/firefox/plugins -> /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins
username@ubuntu-desktop:~$

[nanotube]

cool, i'll make the release!

thanks for testing - you are as ever prompt and effective. :)

[aysiu]

cool, i'll make the release!

thanks for testing - you are as ever prompt and effective. :)
Glad to have been of help.

Do you think future releases (whenever you have time, of course) might have a GUI frontend?

[nanotube]

Glad to have been of help.

Do you think future releases (whenever you have time, of course) might have a GUI frontend?

it doesn't seem very likely to happen in the near future, as i have been rather busy lately.
maybe if someone else steps in to make a gui on top of the current ubuntuzilla...

[aysiu]

Cool.

[nanotube]

Hey aysiu,

so, there appears to be an issue trying to run firefox3 on ubuntu dapper.
see the discussion between me and user 'stig' on this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=832407&page=2

our attempt to avoid compiling gtk2.10 appears a failure (but maybe you could give it a try on dapper yourself and see if this is the same for you)

so i wonder if you could help me out in getting ff3 running on dapper?

let me know if you have the time (and if you think it is even worth it to worry about dapper at the moment. true, it's "supported" for another year, but... )

[aysiu]

Unfortunately, right now I don't have easy access to a Dapper installation. I'm hoping a dedicated Dapper user can step up to the task.

[nanotube]

Unfortunately, right now I don't have easy access to a Dapper installation. I'm hoping a dedicated Dapper user can step up to the task.

ok, no problem...
maybe i'll get to booting with a dapper livecd and testing it out myself one of these days... ;)

[wkitty42]

Unfortunately, right now I don't have easy access to a Dapper installation. I'm hoping a dedicated Dapper user can step up to the task.

yeah, i'm on it... we'll have to see how far it goes...

PS: don't let the post count confuse you... i've been running Dapper since it first appeared on the streets... i just haven't even had the need to post anything in these forums until now ;)

[Noiseconformist]

Is testing under Dapper still an issue?
I'm about to setup a vm for a test of something else.

Michael.

Hey aysiu,

so, there appears to be an issue trying to run firefox3 on ubuntu dapper.
see the discussion between me and user 'stig' on this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=832407&page=2

our attempt to avoid compiling gtk2.10 appears a failure (but maybe you could give it a try on dapper yourself and see if this is the same for you)

so i wonder if you could help me out in getting ff3 running on dapper?

let me know if you have the time (and if you think it is even worth it to worry about dapper at the moment. true, it's "supported" for another year, but... )

[nanotube]

well no, not really - ff3 on dapper is a dead cause, i have not found any way to make it work.

but thanks for offering :)

[Sef]

Is testing under Dapper still an issue?

The desktop version of Dapper end of life is June 2009. If you are using it, it would be best to start thinking about upgrading.

[Noiseconformist]

well no, not really - ff3 on dapper is a dead cause, i have not found any way to make it work.
but thanks for offering :)

okie dokie - just asking since I needed an installation for a test setup anyay.

:-) Michael.

[Noiseconformist]

The desktop version of Dapper end of life is June 2009. If you are using it, it would be best to start thinking about upgrading.

Thanks for pointing out! It's just a testing environment I needed to set up.

:-) Michael. (eagerly waiting for intrepid)