I clicked instal latest Firefox updates on my Acer 1 unning linpus linux lite v1.0.13.E but now Firefox won't work. Can anyone help?

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Last reply by PCNetSpec

12 years ago

5/7/11, 5:03 PM

Firefox notified me that the latest version was available so I clicked Install. Since then, when I click the firefox icon nothing happens - firefox doesn't start. My machine is an Acer One netbook running linpus linux lite v1.0.13.E

Answer 1 · 2011-05-07 17:03:33

davidaflint

5/18/11, 5:48 AM

Hi,

I've just had the same problem and found the following on the Internet that might help:

http://linuxforums.org.uk/netbooks/acer-aspire-one-linpus-lite-firefox-web-browser-wont-open/

http://linuxforums.org.uk/netbooks/messed-up-firefox-4-installation-on-an-acer-aspire-one/

http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/07/installing-firefox-3-on-acer-aspire-one.html

I tried all three solutions but it was the following that resolved the issue for me:

Acer has interwoven Firefox 2 with the rest of the system, that's why a quite unusual approach is required to install the newest version. The benefit of using an official release is a working update feature, which is disabled in the version already installed on the system.

Press Alt+F2 to show the Run program window. Check Run in terminal, leave the input field blank, and click Run to open a terminal. If you're not familiar with the Linux command line just follow the instructions step by step. The easiest way is to simply paste the commands into the terminal with Ctrl+Shift+V. Most of them will only give feedback if an error occurs.

The first command uses wget to download Firefox 3.6.17 from an official mirror. You can edit the lang variable at the end, in this case en-US, if you'd like another language. All available languages are listed here, just hover over the download link to get the language code from the status bar.

If wget returns 404, increase the minor version number in the download link until it hits the current file. Mozilla recently decided to remove older versions from the download server, and I won't keep updating this article any more.

wget -O ff.tar.bz2 "http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.6.17&os=linux&lang=en-US"

The next step extracts the just downloaded file and modifies a link to point to it. In some cases a connection refused error message may be triggered by sudo, which is not an error but a bug in sudo and can be safely ignored.

sudo tar -jxf ff.tar.bz2 --directory /opt (I HAD TO CHANGE THIS LINE TO THE FILE NAME OF THE FIREFOX FILE I HAD DOWNLOADED WHEN I TRIED UPDATING USING THE FIREFOX UPDATE)

sudo chown user -R /opt/firefox sudo ln -fs /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

The next step links all plug-ins (not to be confused with extensions) to it.

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* /opt/firefox/plugins

Launch the profile manager using the command below. Create a new profile, name it anything you like and select it. If you want to keep your bookmarks export them via the bookmark manager first. You can then delete the old default profile.

firefox -profilemanager -no-remote

As a bonus you can also change the icon to the official Firefox icon.

sudo sed '/Icon/ s/acs_//' -i /usr/share/applications/linpus-web.desktop

Finally reboot the AA1 to make the desktop aware of the new icon and browser location.

Hope this helps!

Hi, I've just had the same problem and found the following on the Internet that might help: http://linuxforums.org.uk/netbooks/acer-aspire-one-linpus-lite-firefox-web-browser-wont-open/ http://linuxforums.org.uk/netbooks/messed-up-firefox-4-installation-on-an-acer-aspire-one/ http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/07/installing-firefox-3-on-acer-aspire-one.html I tried all three solutions but it was the following that resolved the issue for me: Acer has interwoven Firefox 2 with the rest of the system, that's why a quite unusual approach is required to install the newest version. The benefit of using an official release is a working update feature, which is disabled in the version already installed on the system. Press Alt+F2 to show the Run program window. Check Run in terminal, leave the input field blank, and click Run to open a terminal. If you're not familiar with the Linux command line just follow the instructions step by step. The easiest way is to simply paste the commands into the terminal with Ctrl+Shift+V. Most of them will only give feedback if an error occurs. The first command uses wget to download Firefox 3.6.17 from an official mirror. You can edit the lang variable at the end, in this case en-US, if you'd like another language. All available languages are listed here, just hover over the download link to get the language code from the status bar. If wget returns 404, increase the minor version number in the download link until it hits the current file. Mozilla recently decided to remove older versions from the download server, and I won't keep updating this article any more. wget -O ff.tar.bz2 "http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.6.17&os=linux&lang=en-US" The next step extracts the just downloaded file and modifies a link to point to it. In some cases a connection refused error message may be triggered by sudo, which is not an error but a bug in sudo and can be safely ignored. sudo tar -jxf ff.tar.bz2 --directory /opt '''(I HAD TO CHANGE THIS LINE TO THE FILE NAME OF THE FIREFOX FILE I HAD DOWNLOADED WHEN I TRIED UPDATING USING THE FIREFOX UPDATE) ''' sudo chown user -R /opt/firefox sudo ln -fs /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox The next step links all plug-ins (not to be confused with extensions) to it. sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* /opt/firefox/plugins Launch the profile manager using the command below. Create a new profile, name it anything you like and select it. If you want to keep your bookmarks export them via the bookmark manager first. You can then delete the old default profile. firefox -profilemanager -no-remote As a bonus you can also change the icon to the official Firefox icon. sudo sed '/Icon/ s/acs_//' -i /usr/share/applications/linpus-web.desktop Finally reboot the AA1 to make the desktop aware of the new icon and browser location. Hope this helps!