update iceweasel

[persio]

As for running Firefox, try this guide as I know it works.
Tech Patterns :: Switching from Debian Iceweasel to Firefox, permanently - http://techpatterns.com/forums/about1435.html

I removed previous installation files and symlinks and this time I started over with this guide. And I got exactly the same error: no such file or directory. But in this guide at the end it says that it is neccesary to add some packages (ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk) if you are using 64bits. Well, I forgot to mention that I am (sorry, don't kill me). So I installed them. Everything went fine, except that at the end of the installation process I received this little error:

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E: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/pool/main/j/json-c/libjson0_0.9-1.1_i386.deb: 404  Not Found [IP: 24.215.0.24 80]

Now when I try to run firefox, it doesn't say anymore that there's no such file or directory. Instead, I get this:

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# /opt/firefox/firefox
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /opt/firefox/libxpcom.so:
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.

I googled the error and found this but it didn't help. Any other ideas?

No real reason these days not to just use Iceweasel.

I would prefer to use Iceweasel, I just can't update it.

Thanks everyone once more.

[dasein]

I'm going to suggest a different approach.

You clearly have a modicum of experience with Linux, but you also clearly seem to struggle with some fairly basic operations. I know that you believe you followed directions from the HOWTO here at FDN, but the error message you got says otherwise.

Bottom line: maybe you shouldn't be running Testing at this point in your Linux development.

The flip side is that you have allowed yourself be fooled by marketing "hype" that claims that a browser that's barely a year old (FF Version 10) is somehow antiquated.

You can continue to fail around blindly in an effort to fight this problem, or you can opt for a simpler solution. There are several obvious candidates:

• 1) Install Squeeze and the ShiniestNewShit version of Iceweasel from Squeeze backports.
  
  2) Install Wheezy, and somehow survive the few weeks it'll take for Wheezy to become Stable, and then install SNS Iceweasel from Wheezy backports, once those backports become available. (This option also allows you to decide in the interim that maybe SNS isn't everything it's cracked up to be.)
  
  3) Decide that Debian simply isn't the distro for you, because it focuses on stability rather than SNS.

Last but not least: there is absolutely no reason to run 32-bit Firefox in 64-bit Linux anymore. And there hasn't been for several years now.

[craigevil]

If you are running Stable simply follow the directions at :
Debian Mozilla team APT archive - http://mozilla.debian.net/

You need to add the following entry in /etc/apt/sources.list or a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:

deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release

You can install it with the following commands:

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install -t squeeze-backports iceweasel

For Wheezy/testing:
You need to add the following entry in /etc/apt/sources.list or a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:

deb http://your-mirror.debian.org/debian experimental main

in my case the exp mirror in my sources.list is:
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free

You can install it with the following commands:

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install -t experimental iceweasel


It really is not complicated.

For other version on Wheezy/Testing or sid add one of the following:
# Debian Mozilla team APT archive - http://mozilla.debian.net
# deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ experimental iceweasel-aurora
# deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ experimental iceweasel-beta
# deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ experimental iceweasel-esr

@dasein it is not that the browser is old , but newer versions do have a ton of security patches.

[persio]

You clearly have a modicum of experience with Linux, but you also clearly seem to struggle with some fairly basic operations.

Yes. As I said, I'm trying to deal with it. And I think it's ok to ask for help in debian's beginners forum. Isn't it?

The flip side is that you have allowed yourself be fooled by marketing "hype" that claims that a browser that's barely a year old (FF Version 10) is somehow antiquated.

I wouldn't be trying to update it at all if I wasn't unable to login to tumblr. I just can't get past the login screen. When I found this problem, the first thing I checked was that I was running the lastest browser version, and found that I wasn't. That's when this problem started. I haven't been fooled by any "marketing 'hype'". I just want to be able to use the websites I regularly use.

2) Install Wheezy, and somehow survive the few weeks it'll take for Wheezy to become Stable

I wasn't aware that in a few weeks it would become Stable. Is that so?

3) Decide that Debian simply isn't the distro for you, because it focuses on stability rather than SNS.[/list]

I have used Ubuntu for almost a year. I just want to get past it, I'm done with it. I have installed Wheezy a couple of days ago and I managed to get wifi, sound, flash plugin, dropbox and some other stuff working; I found problems in my way and I was able to solve it googling this board, and I'm proud of that. I don't work with computers, I'm just an ordinary guy doing my best to survive the hardest part of dealing with a free OS. I just couldn't fix this problem with the browser, so I asked. Yes, I have a modicum of experience with Linux but I'm still a begginer. Once more, that's why I'm here.

Last but not least: there is absolutely no reason to run 32-bit Firefox in 64-bit Linux anymore. And there hasn't been for several years now.

I installed a 64bit OS because of my hardware specs. I hesitated when I was about to download it, but finally decided to give it a try. I never said or suggested I wanted to run a 32bit Ff in a 64bit linux. If I did, it was just a mistake.

I appreciate your help and concern.

[persio]

For Wheezy/testing:
You need to add the following entry in /etc/apt/sources.list or a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:

deb http://your-mirror.debian.org/debian experimental main

in my case the exp mirror in my sources.list is:
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free

You can install it with the following commands:

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install -t experimental iceweasel


It really is not complicated.

Thanks, I'll try this as soon as I get home.

[dasein]

I wouldn't be trying to update it at all if I wasn't unable to login to tumblr. I just can't get past the login screen.

Armed with that information, I can assure you that you're almost certainly trying to solve the wrong problem. The underlying problem is with the Web site, not the browser.

The shortest, easiest path to a solution is simply to lie to the brain-dead Web site, by having Iceweasel claim that it's Firefox. The tool that allows you to tell that lie is here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... -switcher/

I think it's ok to ask for help in debian's beginners forum. Isn't it?

Conversely, you must also be prepared to accept "you're not ready to do what you're trying to do" as an answer. Installing self-contained binaries to /opt isn't hard once one knows what one is doing. But no one was born knowing how to do it.

I wasn't aware that in a few weeks it would become Stable. Is that so?

The alternative would be to imagine that I'm lying to you just to mess with your head.

Last but not least: there is absolutely no reason to run 32-bit Firefox in 64-bit Linux anymore. And there hasn't been for several years now.

I installed a 64bit OS because of my hardware specs. I hesitated when I was about to download it, but finally decided to give it a try. I never said or suggested I wanted to run a 32bit Ff in a 64bit linux. If I did, it was just a mistake.

Based on what you've posted, you are most likely now running 32-bit Firefox. Since I can't sit at your keyboard and see your screen, I can't be sure, of course.

Good luck getting your problem sorted out.

[kedaha]

...several obvious candidates:

• 1) Install Squeeze and the ShiniestNewShit version of Iceweasel from Squeeze backports.
  
  2) Install Wheezy, and somehow survive the few weeks it'll take for Wheezy to become Stable, and then install SNS

Hadn't come across that scatological acronym SNS before.

...Iceweasel from Wheezy backports, once those backports become available. (This option also allows you to decide in the interim that maybe SNS isn't everything it's cracked up to be.)...

It certainly isn't. And as for replacing Iceweasel - whatever version - with the latest Firefox, on account of some internet site, as coco puts it in forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=18388#p272547

No, thanks! I want Iceweasel or nothing. You keep your Firecrap!

[enclair]

Firefox 19 for 64 bits is available here : ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/relea ... .0.tar.bz2
I've just extracted it in ~/opt and then I ran ~/opt/firefox/firefox and it worked.

[persio]

Firefox 19 for 64 bits is available here : ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/relea ... .0.tar.bz2
I've just extracted it in ~/opt and then I ran ~/opt/firefox/firefox and it worked.

It worked! Thank you all very much for your help, I really appreciate it.