Firefox not installed? [SOLVED]

Archived topics about LMDE 1 and LMDE 2
Locked
Scorpio_Snake

Firefox not installed? [SOLVED]

Post by Scorpio_Snake »

So I tried to open Firefox today. I get this:

Code: Select all

~ $ firefox
The program 'firefox' is currently not installed.  To run 'firefox' please ask your administrator to install the package 'iceweasel'
firefox: command not found
But yet

Code: Select all

~ $ aptitude search firefox
i   firefox                         - The Firefox web browser  

Code: Select all

 ~ $ aptitude show firefox
Package: firefox                         
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 3.6.13-1linuxmint1
Priority: optional
Section: web
Maintainer: Clement Lefebvre <root@linuxmint.com>
Uncompressed Size: 29.2 M
Depends: firefox-l10n | firefox-l10n-en-us
Description: The Firefox web browser
 The Mozilla Firefox Web Browser.
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
ShexNivis

Re: Firefox not installed?

Post by ShexNivis »

try creating a symlink to it:
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
sgosnell

Re: Firefox not installed?

Post by sgosnell »

Firefox is installed in /opt, for some reason, and /opt is not in your path.

Code: Select all

/opt/firefox/firefox
should cause it to run. It's usually run from a menu, not from the command line. Creating the symlink should let you run it from the command line without specifying the path.
vrkalak

Re: Firefox not installed?

Post by vrkalak »

What do you get, in the terminal, when you type, just: firefox
Do not use sudo firefox you don't want to open it with root/admin privileges

Maybe, go into the Synaptic Manager and check Firefox for Complete Removal ... then, re-install.

Was this problem with the 'default' firefox? Or an upgraded version?

Consult the Firefox Help Forum > http://forums.mozillazine.org/ or http://www.techsupportforum.com/alterna ... -browsers/
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I have had problems with Firefox browser in other Debian OS's before, quite often actually.
Perhaps, you can try installing the Iceweasel version better (seems more stable, to me) ... it's in the repros.

Or use another browser? Opera 10 or Chromium-browser are in the repros, as well.
ShexNivis

Re: Firefox not installed?

Post by ShexNivis »

vrkalak wrote:What do you get, in the terminal, when you type, just: firefox
Do not use sudo firefox you don't want to open it with root/admin privileges

Maybe, go into the Synaptic Manager and check Firefox for Complete Removal ... then, re-install.

Was this problem with the 'default' firefox? Or an upgraded version?

Consult the Firefox Help Forum > http://forums.mozillazine.org/ or http://www.techsupportforum.com/alterna ... -browsers/
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I have had problems with Firefox browser in other Debian OS's before, quite often actually.
Perhaps, you can try installing the Iceweasel version better (seems more stable, to me) ... it's in the repros.

Or use another browser? Opera 10 or Chromium-browser are in the repros, as well.
It's just a problem with firefox from mint's repo. For some reason the new .deb from it doesn't have the link on /usr/bin
Scorpio_Snake

Re: Firefox not installed?

Post by Scorpio_Snake »

ShexNivis wrote:try creating a symlink to it:
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
Creating the symlink worked. I am not sure why it changed as it was working fine the other day.

The version is an upgraded version.
Locked

Return to “LMDE Archive”