Howto Install 32 bit Firefox with Flash w/sound and Java for AMD64

[Kilz]

Hi again Kilz. Very sorry to say that I'm getting the same error as the above quote. I decided to run your new script from desktop (it was my mistake one week ago no to do so), after downloaded the .deb file for Feisty (the ia32-libs-gtk_25_amd64). I have to say anyway that this last lib was installed on the system (synaptic package manager indicates it's a shared lib for with OpenOffice.org). On the other hand, I'd like to tell you that libgobject-2.0.so.0 is on my system as a link to shared library, and that libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.11 is also present as shared library, both of them in /usr/lib. So I'm somewhat confused because I don't understand where the error is and, more importantly, what to do. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Here is the whole thing in a nutshell, you are looking at 64bit libraries. Your 32bit browser and plugins cant use them. It needs 32bit libraries of the same name located in /usr/lib32. You cant copy them from /usr/lib, it still cant use them because they are 64bit.
So we have to find 32bit libraries. I went and did a search that 32bit library is inside the ia32-libs package. We can tell its a 32bit version because its a ia32 package. Go here to get it.

[fatsheep]

I'm having trouble upgrading the ia32-libs package:

fatsheep:~$ sudo aptitude -f upgrade
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
nvidia-glx nvidia-glx-dev
The following packages will be upgraded:
ia32-libs
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/17.9MB of archives. After unpacking 5460kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
(Reading database ... 160292 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace ia32-libs 1.5ubuntu5 (using .../ia32-libs_1.5ubuntu9_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ia32-libs ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs_1.5ubuntu9_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib32/libaudio.so.2.4', which is also in package ia32-libs-openoffice.org
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs_1.5ubuntu9_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

Looks like it's trying to overwrite a file that's in open office.

[ipina]

Here is the whole thing in a nutshell, you are looking at 64bit libraries. Your 32bit browser and plugins cant use them. It needs 32bit libraries of the same name located in /usr/lib32. You cant copy them from /usr/lib, it still cant use them because they are 64bit.
So we have to find 32bit libraries. I went and did a search that 32bit library is inside the ia32-libs package. We can tell its a 32bit version because its a ia32 package. Go here to get it.

Hi, your comments are always appreciated. However, your suggestion didn't work, with 'error: a later version is already installed' being the reason. Accordingly, the ia32_libs package is present on my system although, in fact, the libgobject-2.0.so.0 file isn't in /usr/lib32. I've thought to remove with synaptic manager the ia32_libs - for in this way I'll be able to install your ia32-libs_1.5ubuntu9_amd64.deb - but the problem is that this means I have to uninstall a series of dependencies, among them firefox32 (along with ia32_libs-gtk, etc). Why do not I get libgobject-2.0.so.0 in /usr/lib32 if I have the ia32_libs package? Any comment will be useful, thanks a lot again.

[Kilz]

Hi, your comments are always appreciated. However, your suggestion didn't work, with 'error: a later version is already installed' being the reason. Accordingly, the ia32_libs package is present on my system although, in fact, the libgobject-2.0.so.0 file isn't in /usr/lib32. I've thought to remove with synaptic manager the ia32_libs - for in this way I'll be able to install your ia32-libs_1.5ubuntu9_amd64.deb - but the problem is that this means I have to uninstall a series of dependencies, among them firefox32 (along with ia32_libs-gtk, etc). Why do not I get libgobject-2.0.so.0 in /usr/lib32 if I have the ia32_libs package? Any comment will be useful, thanks a lot again.

A hack work around would be to extract the files in the deb file with

sudo dpkg -x nameofdeb.deb

and copy the lib into place.
It may be possible you have a corrupt package in your apt cashe . If so reinstalling it will do no good.

sudo apt-get clean

will clean out the cashe.

[Kilz]

I'm having trouble upgrading the ia32-libs package:



Looks like it's trying to overwrite a file that's in open office.

That needs to be reported as a bug so the packages can be fixed.

[fatsheep]

That needs to be reported as a bug so the packages can be fixed.

Done:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...rg/+bug/119611

[dannymichel]

the Firefox32 .deb file. is no longer available.

[Kilz]

the Firefox32 .deb file. is no longer available.

I was able to see it on its host and download it with the link on the front page.

[Mguel]

First of all many thanks Kilz! Great script!

I'm using kubuntu 7.04 64b on a Dell XPS M1210. The script went smoothly and I installed swiftweasel32 for intel with flash, java and mplayer.

It's working fine, but I'm receiving an error message every time I install/update anything using adept. The error I receive is:

There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there was a problem downloading some packages or the commit would break packages.

Setting up swiftweasel32 (2.0.0.4) ...
cp: cannot stat `/usr/local/swiftweasel/icons/*': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing swiftweasel32 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 swiftweasel32

I've checked the not found directory, and the correct path to the icons is:
/usr/local/swiftweasel32/icons
and not:
/usr/local/swiftweasel/icons

Is there a way I can change the path to the correct one? or fix the problem in other way?

Thanks in advance,
Mguel

[Fraoch]

First of all many thanks Kilz! Great script!

I'm using kubuntu 7.04 64b on a Dell XPS M1210. The script went smoothly and I installed swiftweasel32 for intel with flash, java and mplayer.

It's working fine, but I'm receiving an error message every time I install/update anything using adept. The error I receive is:

There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there was a problem downloading some packages or the commit would break packages.

Setting up swiftweasel32 (2.0.0.4) ...
cp: cannot stat `/usr/local/swiftweasel/icons/*': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing swiftweasel32 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 swiftweasel32

I've checked the not found directory, and the correct path to the icons is:
/usr/local/swiftweasel32/icons
and not:
/usr/local/swiftweasel/icons

Is there a way I can change the path to the correct one? or fix the problem in other way?

Thanks in advance,
Mguel

Same error message here too. I believe all activities with apt/Synaptic still work, but it keeps coughing up this error. It seems to think that the swiftweasel32 error is unresolved and tries to fix it when you update anything.

swiftweasel32 works fine, although I got this error the first time I installed it. I tried a second time, still got the error.