Can't get firefox to run.

[jhdalben]

Hello.

I want to switch my version of firefox to 7.x.x., cause Slackware comes with the 4.0.0 version. So i uninstalled the old version using pkgtool, downloaded the new one untar-ed it correctly, but when i run 'firefox' inside the new firefox folder, it says bash: /usr/bin/firefox: No such file or directory. I've already created a symlink to that folder, but the error persists. Anyone knows how to fix it? I just can't figure out.

[jayd512]

I'm running 13.37, but I have my updates pointed to the current mirrors... so I maybe mistaken here.
Does slackpkg update and slackpkg upgrade-all not update FF for you?
FF 7 is, I believe, in the repos for Slack.

[jhdalben]

nope, i didn't found it, maybe because i uninstalled firefox 4. but i don't understand. on their website they say just to untar and run firefox, i can't figure out why it isn't working.

[jayd512]

Try this page: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...tml#post344054
It's steps for installing from source.
If you hit an error, post back.

[devils casper]

Un-tar firefox again on Desktop. Open Terminal and cd to the un-tared folder. Execute firefox command and post error message here.

cd ~/Desktop
cd Firefox
ls firefox*

I have assumed that un-tar process will created Firefox folder on Desktop. Verify this first.
Execute ls firefox* command after cd Firefox to make sure that firefox file exists in Firefox folder.

./firefox

[elija]

This can happen if you have downloaded a version for the wrong architecture; even a 32 bit version for a 64 bit OS. Download the appropriate version from The Mozilla FTP site

[jhdalben]

This can happen if you have downloaded a version for the wrong architecture; even a 32 bit version for a 64 bit OS. Download the appropriate version....

thank you, that was the problem, i didn't notice i downloaded the 32 bit version. however, there is still an error


GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL)

which i'm trying to figure out too. thanks anyway

[jayd512]

Are you making sure to compile and install as root?
After poking around, I'm seeing this error on Fedora forums, Suse and Xfce forums.
All of them solved it by using su - instead of su.

[jhdalben]

Thank you very much, that solved my problem. But what's the difference between su - and su, afterall?

[elija]

su gives you root privileges within the current environment but su - re-reads the configuration files so you get the complete root environmnet