On Thu, 10 May 2018 13:00:27 -0400 "Stephen P. Molnar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 05/10/2018 11:13 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:07:43AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > >> I've encountered a strange problem with the latest release of > >> Firefox Quantum v-60.0. > >> > >> Up to this point the previous versions, the 59.x.x, series had > >> been very happily residing in /opt/firefox. I uncompressed the > >> downlo9aded file as a user and thee copied the firefox directory > >> tree as root > >> > >> I did the upgrade exactly the same way, but now when I try opening > >> firefox I get: > >> > >> comp@AbNormal:/opt/firefox$ ./firefox That should be firefox not /firefox. > >> XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /opt/firefox/libnspr4.so: > >> /opt/firefox/libnspr4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such > >> file or directory > >> Couldn't load XPCOM. > >> > >> What I find really puzzling is that I can run the new version in > >> my user directory tree without any problems. > >> > >> What is going on here? > > My first guess: you forgot to wipe out the old version before you > > unpacked the new version into the same target directory. So now > > you've got a mix of files from two different versions, and > > something gets confused. > > > > > Actually not. I renamed the v-59.x.x in /opt and copied the version > directly from the user subdirectory in wi=hich I unzipped the > download. FWIW, why don't you create a .desktop file -- firefox.desktop -- then you don't have to start firefox from the command line. Here's mine: [Desktop Entry] Name=firefox Comment= Internet Browser Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox Icon=/opt/firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png Type=Application Terminal=false StartupNotify=false Categories=Application;Internet; Put it in /usr/share/applications/ and restart your desktop. The system should create a menu item and icon. B
