Can't type password in terminal

[severityCONCEPT]

Guys, i need to install the new firefox. I have allready downloaded the tar.bz2 package and extract it in a folder. I go to terminal, type
sudo make install

and appear
[sudo] password for severityconcept:

but i can't type any character. How to type my password in terminal when i run that command I mentioned above?

[Bucky Ball]

You ARE typing your password, you just can't actually see it in a terminal. This is completely normal. Just type in your password, even though you can't see what you're typing, and hit Enter.

ps: I would run

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

... before bothering with untarring files. The second command will upgrade all packages that can be and there could be the Firefox update there already.

What Ubuntu release are you running and what Firefox are you upgrading to?

[pommie]

Typing in your password does not show in a terminal, just blindly type in your password and hit enter.
This is to stop anyone looking over your shoulder from seeing how many characters your password consists of.

Cheers David

Edit, I need to type faster

[srisharan]

password doesnt appear not even asterisks or dots.But rest assured your password is being typed

[severityCONCEPT]

You ARE typing your password, you just can't actually see it in a terminal. This is completely normal. Just type in your password, even though you can't see what you're typing, and hit Enter.

ps: I would run

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

... before bothering with untarring files. The second command will upgrade all packages that can be and there could be the Firefox update there already.

What Ubuntu release are you running and what Firefox are you upgrading to?

I'm using the newest release of ubuntu (11.04). I want to upgrade Firefox 4 to 5.

[Bucky Ball]

Run the previous update and upgrade commands. Pretty sure it's in that repository already (from memory).

[linuxman94]

Run the previous update and upgrade commands. Pretty sure it's there already. I'll boot in and check after.

Yep firefox 5 is in the repos. The update commands will do it.

[Swagman]

I don't understand... Firefox 5 is installed by default in 11:04.

Unless you upgraded from an earlier distro or possibly installed 11:04 in April ?

[severityCONCEPT]

I don't understand... Firefox 5 is installed by default in 11:04.

Unless you upgraded from an earlier distro or possibly installed 11:04 in April ?

I only got firefox 4 in my 11.04. It's probably because I downloaded the .iso long before firefox 5 is released.

[plucky]

I only got firefox 4 in my 11.04. It's probably because I downloaded the .iso long before firefox 5 is released.

But if you do all the updates it will install Firefox 5.

Do you have an Internet connection?