[SOLVED] Ubuntuzilla can't download Firefox

[IanVonSpeedfreak]

I keep getting this error message when I try to install Firefox with Ubuntuzilla.
Error downloading. Trying again, hoping for a different mirror.
Download failed. This may be due to transient network problems, so try again later. Exiting.
I really don't get it, I can't find any other problem like this on the forums. So is this something that I'll actually be able to try again later, or could there be any other reason why this is happening?

Any help is appreciated.

[nanotube]

I keep getting this error message when I try to install Firefox with Ubuntuzilla.

I really don't get it, I can't find any other problem like this on the forums. So is this something that I'll actually be able to try again later, or could there be any other reason why this is happening?

Any help is appreciated.

at what point is the failure coming up? downloading firefox? downloading firefox gpg signature? just post the complete output of the script here, and we'll go from there... :)

[IanVonSpeedfreak]

Welcome to the Ubuntuzilla Firefox script version 4.4.3

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 2.0.0.8. 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. bg
4. ca 5. cs 6. da 7. de
8. el 9. en-GB 10. en-US 11. es-AR
12. es-ES 13. eu 14. fi 15. fr
16. fy-NL 17. ga-IE 18. gu-IN 19. he
20. hu 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. sk 39. sl
40. sv-SE 41. tr 42. zh-CN 43. zh-TW

Enter your choice of localization (integer, from 0 to 43): 10
You have chosen localization en-US. Is that correct [y/n]?
Please enter 'y' or 'n': y
Password:
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com dapper-commercial Release.gpg [191B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release.gpg [191B]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [191B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Get:6 http://mirror.noreply.org dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Get:7 http://www.virtualbox.org dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
Hit http://mirror.noreply.org dapper Release
Hit http://www.virtualbox.org dapper Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com dapper-commercial Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages
Ign http://mirror.noreply.org dapper/main Packages
Ign http://www.virtualbox.org dapper/non-free Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com dapper-commercial/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Sources
Hit http://www.virtualbox.org dapper/non-free Packages
Ign http://mirror.noreply.org dapper/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.noreply.org dapper/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.noreply.org dapper/main Sources
Fetched 7B in 4s (2B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
firefox-gnome-support latex-xft-fonts libthai0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
firefox
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/7970kB of archives.
After unpacking 23.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package firefox.
(Reading database ... 307523 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firefox (from .../firefox_1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.13~prepatch070731-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up firefox (1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.13~prepatch070731-0ubuntu1) ...


Old firefox preferences not found. Nothing to back up. Proceeding with installation.


Downloading Firefox archive from the Mozilla site

--23:48:07-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
=> `firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 64.12.204.21, 64.50.236.214, 64.50.238.52, ...Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|64.12.204.21|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> SIZE firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> REST 9674559 ... done.
==> RETR firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz: Permission denied
wget -c --tries=5 --read-timeout=20 --waitretry=10 ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
Previous command has failed to complete successfully. Exiting.
Process returned code 1
Error downloading. Trying again, hoping for a different mirror.
--23:48:10-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
=> `firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 204.152.184.113, 64.12.204.21, 64.50.236.214, ...
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/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> SIZE firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> REST 9674559 ... done.
==> RETR firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz: Permission denied
wget -c --tries=5 --read-timeout=20 --waitretry=10 ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
Previous command has failed to complete successfully. Exiting.
Process returned code 1
Error downloading. Trying again, hoping for a different mirror.
--23:48:13-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
=> `firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 156.56.247.196, 204.152.184.113, 64.12.204.21, ...
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/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> SIZE firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> REST 9674559 ... done.
==> RETR firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz: Permission denied
wget -c --tries=5 --read-timeout=20 --waitretry=10 ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
Previous command has failed to complete successfully. Exiting.
Process returned code 1
Error downloading. Trying again, hoping for a different mirror.
--23:48:16-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
=> `firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 64.50.238.52, 156.56.247.196, 204.152.184.113, ...
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/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> SIZE firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> REST 9674559 ... done.
==> RETR firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz: Permission denied
wget -c --tries=5 --read-timeout=20 --waitretry=10 ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
Previous command has failed to complete successfully. Exiting.
Process returned code 1
Error downloading. Trying again, hoping for a different mirror.
--23:48:20-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
=> `firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 64.50.236.214, 64.50.238.52, 156.56.247.196, ...
Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|64.50.236.214|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> SIZE firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> REST 9674559 ... done.
==> RETR firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz: Permission denied
wget -c --tries=5 --read-timeout=20 --waitretry=10 ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
Previous command has failed to complete successfully. Exiting.
Process returned code 1
Error downloading. Trying again, hoping for a different mirror.
Download failed. This may be due to transient network problems, so try again later. Exiting.

Sorry, usually I'm a bit more investigative, but I'm just really tired and really want this to work, haha. So yeah, that's the entire output from the script. I just wish I knew how to put all that script in a table so you could just scroll through and it wouldn't take up so much space. Thank you, by the way ^__^,

[nanotube]

aha, so the problem appears to be a "permission denied" error... now the question is whether it's permission denied at the remote server, or locally... let's try to cover all bases here:

what happens if you run this command from your home dir:
wget -c --tries=5 --read-timeout=20 --waitretry=10 ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz

and, what happens if you run these commands:
cd /tmp
wget -c --tries=5 --read-timeout=20 --waitretry=10 ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz


and what's your output of
ls -ald /tmp

oh, and btw, to put things into a nice scrollable box, put it into tags (the # button in the toolbar of the edit box for the post will do it for you, too).

[IanVonSpeedfreak]

output of wget -c --tries=5 --read-timeout=20 --waitretry=10 ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz

--00:22:34-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
=> `firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 64.12.204.21, 64.50.236.214, 64.50.238.52, ...Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|64.12.204.21|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
Length: 9,674,559 (9.2M) (unauthoritative)

100%[====================================>] 9,674,559 600.70K/s ETA 00:00

00:22:50 (598.13 KB/s) - `firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz' saved [9674559]

output of /tmp$ wget -c --tries=5 --read-timeout=20 --waitretry=10 ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz

--00:23:40-- ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz
=> `firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz'
Resolving releases.mozilla.org... 64.12.204.21, 64.50.236.214, 64.50.238.52, ...Connecting to releases.mozilla.org|64.12.204.21|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.8/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> SIZE firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> REST 9674559 ... done.
==> RETR firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz ... done.
firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz: Permission denied

output of ls -ald /tmp

drwxrwxrwt 13 root root 552960 2007-10-21 23:48 /tmp

So, I'm guessing this means I'll have to change the permissions of said tmp folder?

edit: so okay, I think I've fixed it, the script completed successfully when I changed the ownership of "/tmp/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz" and "/tmp/firefox-2.0.0.8.tar.gz.asc" to myself rather than root. If I have any further problems, I'll be sure to let you know. Once again, I must thank you for your assistance nanotube, I also must thank for this useful little script you've provided us all with (in that case I guess thanks are also an order for aysiu?).

[nanotube]

well, this is kind of weird... it seems the problem is with /tmp permissions, but the output of ls -ald shows that permissions are as they should be...

when you are in /tmp, can you create a new file? run command:
touch anewfile
and see if it gets created.

also, just for the hell of it, try running
sudo chmod 1777 /tmp
and see if that helps...

[IanVonSpeedfreak]

well, this is kind of weird... it seems the problem is with /tmp permissions, but the output of ls -ald shows that permissions are as they should be...

when you are in /tmp, can you create a new file? run command:

touch anewfile

and see if it gets created.

The file was created... I'm wondering if it was the individual permissions of Fx and the Fx key that caused the problem. In any case, changing those permissions solved the problem, in fact, I'm running the newly installed Fx right this minute. All seems to be well, I just wish I knew where aysiu put all those recommended extensions for Fx he had on his page :confused:.

[nanotube]

hmm, so that chmod command did the trick? that's cool. :) that was a pretty weird problem, though...

as to useful extensions...
don't know if aysiu ever had a list like that on his page (maybe he'll chime in?), but you could take a look at the list on the ubuntuzilla page: http://ubuntuzilla.wiki.sourceforge.net/#tochome16

[IanVonSpeedfreak]

Not to harsh your buzz or anything, but once I noticed the output of one of your earlier commands, I decided to take matters in my own hands and chown both the firefox tarball and its key to myself. I'm guessing your solution would probably have worked just as well :). I suppose I'll try those add-ons, I'll have to remember what pages to whitelist, though, haha. I also found aysiu's recommended add-ons, they're on his other blog (not the Ubuntu one).
http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/category/web-browsers/page/2/
Oh yeah, and thank you once again!

[nanotube]

enjoy your firefox! :)