Can't update firefox

[spoonman7724]

When I updated Ubuntu to 11.10, firefox somehow reverted to 3.5.1 (i forget what I was at before, maybe 7?), and I can't update it. I've tried updating it "normally" as well as uninstalling it and reinstalling it, but even when I download Firefox 8 from the Mozilla website, it installs 3.5.1. When I try updating in the terminal I get this message:


After this operation, 38.5 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 520361 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing firefox-globalmenu ...
Removing firefox ...
Purging configuration files for firefox ...
dpkg: warning: while removing firefox, directory '/usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins' not empty so not removed.
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
jordan@jordan-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,347 B]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg
Get:4 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,349 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release
Get:5 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1,220 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Get:6 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [630 B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main Sources
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en_US
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main Sources
404 Not Found
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric/main Translation-en
Fetched 4,942 B in 2s (1,998 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


Thanks for any help.

[ajgreeny]

I am not sure if this is your situation, but I believe it is much better to purge all your ppa and other non-standard repos when doing a distro upgrade online, if that is what you did. You seem to have a lot of ppa and other repos enabled, so it is probably a good idea to go to software-sources and disable them all for now, then try updating the system again with
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[spoonman7724]

still not working with all that... any other ideas?

[ajgreeny]

Install synaptic and try using that to see what versions of firefox are available.

Synaptic is much better than the software-center in my opinion; I have never actually used the software-center on my system.

[spoonman7724]

Install synaptic and try using that to see what versions of firefox are available.

Synaptic is much better than the software-center in my opinion; I have never actually used the software-center on my system.

When I do it through Synaptic I get the error:


"E: firefox: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
E: firefox-globalmenu: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured"

The full message from the terminal is:

"Selecting previously deselected package firefox.
(Reading database ... 198816 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firefox (from .../firefox_8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package firefox-globalmenu.
Unpacking firefox-globalmenu (from .../firefox-globalmenu_8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xul-ext-ubufox.
Unpacking xul-ext-ubufox (from .../xul-ext-ubufox_1.0-0ubuntu2.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ubufox.
Unpacking ubufox (from .../ubufox_1.0-0ubuntu2.1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Setting up firefox (8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3) ...
***Your system has been left in a broken state by a third party package***
This is usually caused by installing packages from Ubuntuzilla. Fixing this now
dpkg-divert: error: mismatch on package
when removing `diversion of /usr/bin/firefox by firefox'
found `local diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu'
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-globalmenu:
firefox-globalmenu depends on firefox (= 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3); however:
Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-globalmenu (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up xul-ext-ubufox (1.0-0ubuntu2.1) ...
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/locale: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/man: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/gnome/help: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/omf: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML: 0 KiB

Total disk space freed by localepurge: 0 KiB

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up firefox (8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3) ...
***Your system has been left in a broken state by a third party package***
This is usually caused by installing packages from Ubuntuzilla. Fixing this now
dpkg-divert: error: mismatch on package
when removing `diversion of /usr/bin/firefox by firefox'
found `local diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu'
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-globalmenu:
firefox-globalmenu depends on firefox (= 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3); however:
Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-globalmenu (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
firefox-globalmenu"

[ajgreeny]

It looks as if you need to purge FF to get rid of the problem package and then try re-installing it through synaptic again.

Perhaps the FF from ubuntuzilla, or wherever you got it, is not compatible with the various packages in 11.10 that seem to be causing breakage.