Firefox package download failure [SOLVED]

[lthvwx2]

I wanted to reinstall Firefox, so I uninstalled it using the Software Manager and tried to install it again. That's where the problems started. Uninstall was fine, but it just wouldn't reinstall! The bar went to 16% and cut to complete (and Firefox hadn't been installed). I did a little digging online and found that uninstalling Firefox from the Package Manager (and then installing it again) could help, but that didn't work either! When I try to install the firefox package on Package Manager, I get this message:

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/ ... _amd64.deb
404 Not Found


W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/ ... .1_all.deb
404 Not Found

What can I do? I'm almost considering reinstalling Linux Mint, but given the luck I've had reinstalling things so far, I'd probably break my computer!

[sheepgazer]

Try an install from the command line.
Open a terminal session Menu > Terminal

Clean out the current packages

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sudo apt-get autoclean

Install Firefox

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sudo apt-get install firefox

[mank_in]

firefox-globalmenu_16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb is not available in that repository . current file version is :
firefox-globalmenu_17.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb

refresh your repository first :

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sudo apt-get update

or
in synaptic : hit reload button

mint update also refresh the repository

[lthvwx2]

Great, hit "Reload" in Synaptics and it worked a charm. Basics... :/ Thanks so much.