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Thread: Firefox-3.5 install failed

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    Firefox-3.5 install failed

    Hi

    I did try install firefox-3.5, but my pc crash during install.

    Firefox-3.5 is not working and if I try uninstall I just get errors
    Code:
    sudo apt-get remove firefox-3.5 --purge
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    The following packages will be REMOVED:
      firefox-3.5*
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    1 not fully installed or removed.
    After this operation, 3609kB disk space will be freed.
    Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
    (Reading database ... 126955 files and directories currently installed.)
    Removing firefox-3.5 ...
    dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error
    dpkg: error processing firefox-3.5 (--purge):
     subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
    dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error
    dpkg: error while cleaning up:
     subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
    Errors were encountered while processing:
     firefox-3.5
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    Any ideas how I can fix this problem ?

    Thanks advance
    Regards,
    Jari

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    Re: Firefox-3.5 install failed

    Hi

    I fixed problem
    Code:
    sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/firefox-3.5*
    sudo dpkg --remove --force-depends --force-remove-reinstreq firefox-3.5 firefox-3.5-branding
    and then re-installed again.
    Regards,
    Jari

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