rfv-370
September 30th, 2010, 10:57 PM
Hello,
I had a crash when updating via the update manager from Firefox 3.5.x to 3.6.10..; And I can't get Firefox to work at all.
I get an error 1 or error 2 return(depends on the presence or not of the symlink) mentionning that /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist. It is weird as /usr/bin/firefox is existing on my system....!
I searched around but re-establishing the symlink does not work for me...
I tried to purge the package with apt-get then re-install but nothing would work...
Any ideas?
Thanks
Robert
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ ls -al /usr/bin/firefox
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-09-30 23:36 /usr/bin/firefox -> /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.10/firefox
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ firefox
The program 'firefox' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install firefox
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ sudo apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up firefox (3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ firefox
The program 'firefox' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install firefox
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ sudo apt-get install -f firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up firefox (3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ firefox
The program 'firefox' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install firefox
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ cd /usr/lib
rfv@rfv-ubt:/usr/lib$ ls fire*
firefox-3.6.10:
application.ini crashreporter-override.ini libnss3.so libsmime3.so modules
blocklist.xml distribution libnssckbi.so libsoftokn3.so platform.ini
browserconfig.properties icons libnssdbm3.so libsqlite3.so run-mozilla.sh
chrome libfreebl3.so libnssutil3.so libssl3.so
components libmozjs.so libplc4.so libxpcom.so
crashreporter.ini libnspr4.so libplds4.so libxul.so
firefox-addons:
extensions plugins searchplugins
rfv@rfv-ubt:/usr/lib$ cd firefox-3.6.10
rfv@rfv-ubt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6.10$ ls
application.ini crashreporter-override.ini libnss3.so libsmime3.so modules
blocklist.xml distribution libnssckbi.so libsoftokn3.so platform.ini
browserconfig.properties icons libnssdbm3.so libsqlite3.so run-mozilla.sh
chrome libfreebl3.so libnssutil3.so libssl3.so
components libmozjs.so libplc4.so libxpcom.so
crashreporter.ini libnspr4.so libplds4.so libxul.so
rfv@rfv-ubt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6.10$ ls -l
total 19516
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2042 2010-09-15 21:21 application.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4137 2010-09-15 21:21 blocklist.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2010-09-15 21:21 browserconfig.properties
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-09-30 23:30 chrome
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-30 23:30 components
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3803 2010-09-15 21:21 crashreporter.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 583 2010-09-15 21:21 crashreporter-override.ini
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-30 23:30 distribution
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-30 23:29 icons
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 300372 2010-09-15 21:28 libfreebl3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1392648 2010-09-15 21:28 libmozjs.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 207576 2010-09-15 21:28 libnspr4.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 875916 2010-09-15 21:28 libnss3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 351464 2010-09-15 21:28 libnssckbi.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124220 2010-09-15 21:28 libnssdbm3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83252 2010-09-15 21:28 libnssutil3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13644 2010-09-15 21:28 libplc4.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9496 2010-09-15 21:28 libplds4.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124684 2010-09-15 21:28 libsmime3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186188 2010-09-15 21:28 libsoftokn3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 511908 2010-09-15 21:28 libsqlite3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169984 2010-09-15 21:28 libssl3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13512 2010-09-15 21:28 libxpcom.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15460196 2010-09-15 21:28 libxul.so
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-30 23:30 modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50 2010-09-15 21:21 platform.ini
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10469 2010-09-15 21:21 run-mozilla.sh
rfv@rfv-ubt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6.10$
I had a crash when updating via the update manager from Firefox 3.5.x to 3.6.10..; And I can't get Firefox to work at all.
I get an error 1 or error 2 return(depends on the presence or not of the symlink) mentionning that /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist. It is weird as /usr/bin/firefox is existing on my system....!
I searched around but re-establishing the symlink does not work for me...
I tried to purge the package with apt-get then re-install but nothing would work...
Any ideas?
Thanks
Robert
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ ls -al /usr/bin/firefox
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-09-30 23:36 /usr/bin/firefox -> /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.10/firefox
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ firefox
The program 'firefox' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install firefox
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ sudo apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up firefox (3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ firefox
The program 'firefox' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install firefox
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ sudo apt-get install -f firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up firefox (3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ firefox
The program 'firefox' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install firefox
rfv@rfv-ubt:/$ cd /usr/lib
rfv@rfv-ubt:/usr/lib$ ls fire*
firefox-3.6.10:
application.ini crashreporter-override.ini libnss3.so libsmime3.so modules
blocklist.xml distribution libnssckbi.so libsoftokn3.so platform.ini
browserconfig.properties icons libnssdbm3.so libsqlite3.so run-mozilla.sh
chrome libfreebl3.so libnssutil3.so libssl3.so
components libmozjs.so libplc4.so libxpcom.so
crashreporter.ini libnspr4.so libplds4.so libxul.so
firefox-addons:
extensions plugins searchplugins
rfv@rfv-ubt:/usr/lib$ cd firefox-3.6.10
rfv@rfv-ubt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6.10$ ls
application.ini crashreporter-override.ini libnss3.so libsmime3.so modules
blocklist.xml distribution libnssckbi.so libsoftokn3.so platform.ini
browserconfig.properties icons libnssdbm3.so libsqlite3.so run-mozilla.sh
chrome libfreebl3.so libnssutil3.so libssl3.so
components libmozjs.so libplc4.so libxpcom.so
crashreporter.ini libnspr4.so libplds4.so libxul.so
rfv@rfv-ubt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6.10$ ls -l
total 19516
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2042 2010-09-15 21:21 application.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4137 2010-09-15 21:21 blocklist.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2010-09-15 21:21 browserconfig.properties
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-09-30 23:30 chrome
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-30 23:30 components
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3803 2010-09-15 21:21 crashreporter.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 583 2010-09-15 21:21 crashreporter-override.ini
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-30 23:30 distribution
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-30 23:29 icons
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 300372 2010-09-15 21:28 libfreebl3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1392648 2010-09-15 21:28 libmozjs.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 207576 2010-09-15 21:28 libnspr4.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 875916 2010-09-15 21:28 libnss3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 351464 2010-09-15 21:28 libnssckbi.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124220 2010-09-15 21:28 libnssdbm3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83252 2010-09-15 21:28 libnssutil3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13644 2010-09-15 21:28 libplc4.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9496 2010-09-15 21:28 libplds4.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124684 2010-09-15 21:28 libsmime3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186188 2010-09-15 21:28 libsoftokn3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 511908 2010-09-15 21:28 libsqlite3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169984 2010-09-15 21:28 libssl3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13512 2010-09-15 21:28 libxpcom.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15460196 2010-09-15 21:28 libxul.so
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-30 23:30 modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50 2010-09-15 21:21 platform.ini
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10469 2010-09-15 21:21 run-mozilla.sh
rfv@rfv-ubt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6.10$