Re: Firefox under Squeeze
Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 17:39 +0100, Klaus Jantzen wrote: XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /root/firefox/libxpcom.so: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM. That is strange as 'libuxl.so' was extracted from the installation tar and is in the directory. Any suggestions? As root run ldconfig Thank you for the hint. I ran ldconfig with different options but that did not solve the problem. As i do not understand what the purpose of ldconfig is, I do not know what to look for. -- KDJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/511cdf2f.6010...@t-online.de
Re: Firefox under Squeeze
Bob Proulx wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Klaus Jantzen wrote: Or is 'Iceweasel esr' that is recommended for installation equivalent to Firefox 18? Oh, I just realized that you don't know about the ESR version and that I should have explained it too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Firefox#Extended_Support_Release https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/ You are probably wanting the release version (currently 18 today) to keep up with the cool kids. Then you have the largest version number and it changes most often. I succeeded in installing the release version of iceweasel following the instructions on http://mozilla.debian.net. The version is 10; is that equivalent to firefox version 18? Although the esr version is just fine too. It is more stable doesn't have as large of a number as the release version and it doesn't change as often. :-) Bob After that I tried to install the esr-version of thunderbird (there does not seem to be a release version). That did not work as apt-get could not find the package. Thanks a lot for your help. -- KDJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/511ce197.9000...@t-online.de
Re: Firefox under Squeeze
Oops you CCed to the list and I already started replying in German :(. [1] Strange, the MUA filter should have noticed that the list is CCed and moved this mail to the Debian folder, but it didn't. http://linux.die.net/man/8/ldconfig Regards, Ralf [1] I ran ldconfig with different options but that did not solve the problem t-online.de, daher auf Deutsch. ldconfig ganz ohne Optionen sorgt vereinfacht formuliert dafür, dass Linux überhaupt weiß, dass eine neu installierte lib vorhanden ist. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1360849813.3618.188.camel@precise
Re: Firefox under Squeeze
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Klaus Jantzen k.d.jant...@t-online.de wrote: Hello, after having successfully solved the various library problems I get the following message when trying to install firefox 18 under Squeeze (Debian 6.0.6) XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /root/firefox/libxpcom.so: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM. That is strange as 'libuxl.so' was extracted from the installation tar and is in the directory. Strange, installing the the tarball version of FF is dead simple. 1) untar it to the directory you want (I use /usr/local/lib/firefox) 2) optionally make a symlink to the firefox executable in the install dir to firefox in /usr/local/bin or so, to be able to call it without the path. /root/firefox isn't a good place for it, but it should work (as long as you have permissions...) Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoWM=_lrondiejk7tnttaooazjwjh0nq1jaw7+bz8gnvxq...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Firefox under Squeeze
Klaus Jantzen wrote: I succeeded in installing the release version of iceweasel following the instructions on http://mozilla.debian.net. The version is 10; is that equivalent to firefox version 18? Version 10 is the ESR version. That is the Extended Support Release version explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Firefox#Extended_Support_Release And here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/ The release version should install version 18 which releases every few weeks. I forget if it is every six weeks or something close to that. After that I tried to install the esr-version of thunderbird (there does not seem to be a release version). That did not work as apt-get could not find the package. Released version (currently 18): deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release ESR version (currently 10esr): deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-esr Note the difference between iceweasel-esr and iceweasel-release in those /etc/apt/sources.list lines. Just the same as the firefox name is not allowed to be used so is thunderbird for the same reasons. You should look for the icedove named package. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Firefox under Squeeze
On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 17:39 +0100, Klaus Jantzen wrote: XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /root/firefox/libxpcom.so: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM. That is strange as 'libuxl.so' was extracted from the installation tar and is in the directory. Any suggestions? As root run ldconfig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1360500833.2701.48.camel@q
Re: Firefox under Squeeze
s On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 11:55 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: That path /root/firefox is a very unusual path! Probably not what you want. Oops. In this case ldconfig for sure is missing an entry for this directory in /etc/ld.so.conf. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1360501128.2701.51.camel@q
Firefox under Squeeze
Hello, after having successfully solved the various library problems I get the following message when trying to install firefox 18 under Squeeze (Debian 6.0.6) XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /root/firefox/libxpcom.so: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM. That is strange as 'libuxl.so' was extracted from the installation tar and is in the directory. Any suggestions? Thank you. -- KDJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51167bd4.3070...@t-online.de
Re: Firefox under Squeeze
Klaus Jantzen wrote: after having successfully solved the various library problems I get the following message when trying to install firefox 18 under Squeeze (Debian 6.0.6) How are you trying to install it? XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /root/firefox/libxpcom.so: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM. That path /root/firefox is a very unusual path! Probably not what you want. That is strange as 'libuxl.so' was extracted from the installation tar and is in the directory. Any suggestions? You didn't say but is there a reason you aren't using the version 18 available from the Debian folks? http://mozilla.debian.net/ Works great! Just install it and go. If nothing else you could always use it as a working example build if you are making custom modifications. Install the package source and rebuild the package on your machine and you would have a fully working example. Then make modifications from there. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Firefox under Squeeze
Bob Proulx wrote: Klaus Jantzen wrote: after having successfully solved the various library problems I get the following message when trying to install firefox 18 under Squeeze (Debian 6.0.6) How are you trying to install it? I downloaded the installation file 'firefox-18.0.tar.bz2' from Mozilla and followed the installation instructions. XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /root/firefox/libxpcom.so: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM. That path /root/firefox is a very unusual path! Probably not what you want. That is strange as 'libuxl.so' was extracted from the installation tar and is in the directory. Any suggestions? You didn't say but is there a reason you aren't using the version 18 available from the Debian folks? http://mozilla.debian.net/ Works great! Just install it and go. I did'nt know there was one. At the site you mentioned I only find references to 'Iceweasel'. Or is 'Iceweasel esr' that is recommended for installation equivalent to Firefox 18? If nothing else you could always use it as a working example build if you are making custom modifications. Install the package source and rebuild the package on your machine and you would have a fully working example. Then make modifications from there. Bob KDJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5116c02a.9080...@t-online.de
Re: Firefox under Squeeze
Klaus Jantzen wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: http://mozilla.debian.net/ At the site you mentioned I only find references to 'Iceweasel'. Or is 'Iceweasel esr' that is recommended for installation equivalent to Firefox 18? Firefox is the trademarked name and logo of the Mozilla corporation. No one else is allowed to use that name or logo. Therefore Debian compiles it with the Iceweasel name in order to comply with the legalities. For the details see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_by_the_Debian_project For our intents and purposes Firefox and Iceweasel are the same thing. Iceweasel is the Firefox web browser. We spell it iceweasel but pronounce it firefox. This is not completely unlike that Google distributes their branded and trademarked web browser Chrome while others only distribute the free(dom) web browser Chromium. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Firefox under Squeeze
Bob Proulx wrote: Klaus Jantzen wrote: Or is 'Iceweasel esr' that is recommended for installation equivalent to Firefox 18? Oh, I just realized that you don't know about the ESR version and that I should have explained it too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Firefox#Extended_Support_Release https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/ You are probably wanting the release version (currently 18 today) to keep up with the cool kids. Then you have the largest version number and it changes most often. Although the esr version is just fine too. It is more stable doesn't have as large of a number as the release version and it doesn't change as often. :-) Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
