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Reinstall Firefox? - sinistermrcream - 11-13-2019

I've had the issues with Firefox crashing on every launch (updated the OS and ran MrFixIt's update). I tried removing it and reinstalling, but there doesn't seem to be a compatible Firefox that I can find.

Is the version in the default OS a customized version? Even if not, where do I get a version I can install?

RE: Reinstall Firefox? - agD0i7rY - 11-13-2019

The Bionic version works well, but it is a more recent version than the Debian 9 version.
maybe we should have a newer version that comes with Debian 10?

RE: Reinstall Firefox? - Mrfixit2001 - 11-23-2019

Update from today, v1.5, will install the latest available firefox version

RE: Reinstall Firefox? - sinistermrcream - 11-29-2019

Appreciate the update, but no luck for me. I had Firefox-esr installed after a failed attempt to get the browser back. I ran the update script and it ran successfully, but Firefox still errored out and no attempt at updating/upgrading or reinstalling changes that.

RE: Reinstall Firefox? - sinistermrcream - 11-29-2019

Decided that since I bought a Pinebook Pro I should probably stop being so lazy about this stuff. I read MrFixit's update script and found that it was checking which version had been run previously on the system. Renamed the thing it was checking for and ran the update script again - Firefox is back and working (in safe mode). Version 1.5 seems to have remedied my issue.

TL;DR - if you have a Firefox install that wasn't part of the default image, remove it before upgrading to 1.5.

RE: Reinstall Firefox? - PabloR - 12-02-2019

(11-29-2019, 02:57 PM)sinistermrcream Wrote: Decided that since I bought a Pinebook Pro I should probably stop being so lazy about this stuff. I read MrFixit's update script and found that it was checking which version had been run previously on the system. Renamed the thing it was checking for and ran the update script again - Firefox is back and working (in safe mode). Version 1.5 seems to have remedied my issue.

TL;DR - if you have a Firefox install that wasn't part of the default image, remove it before upgrading to 1.5.

I come from this thread trying to reinstall firefox that was broken when changing the user name, home or render mode...
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7830&page=10

I have uninstalled firefox and firefox-esr and remove and erased /home/rock/.mozilla

with:

Code:
$ sudo apt purge firefox firefox-esr

$ sudo apt remove firefox firefox-esr

$ rm -rf ~/.mozilla

And then running the script to upgrade doesn't install firefox. It first update something I don't know, an the second time says thas it's all updated.

How can I reinstall firefox version that came with de PBP?

Thanks

RE: Reinstall Firefox? - Mrfixit2001 - 12-02-2019

(12-02-2019, 06:49 AM)PabloR Wrote:
(11-29-2019, 02:57 PM)sinistermrcream Wrote: Decided that since I bought a Pinebook Pro I should probably stop being so lazy about this stuff. I read MrFixit's update script and found that it was checking which version had been run previously on the system. Renamed the thing it was checking for and ran the update script again - Firefox is back and working (in safe mode). Version 1.5 seems to have remedied my issue.

TL;DR - if you have a Firefox install that wasn't part of the default image, remove it before upgrading to 1.5.

I come from this thread trying to reinstall firefox that was broken when changing the user name, home or render mode...
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7830&page=10

I have uninstalled firefox and firefox-esr and remove and erased /home/rock/.mozilla

with:

Code:
$ sudo apt purge firefox firefox-esr $ sudo apt remove firefox firefox-esr $ rm -rf ~/.mozilla

And then running the script to upgrade doesn't install firefox. It first update something I don't know, an the second time says thas it's all updated.

How can I reinstall firefox version that came with de PBP?

Thanks

If you had changed the firefox packages prior to updating to v1.5 then you may need to manually reinstall the package. You can find it here:
https://github.com/mrfixit2001/updates_repo/blob/v1.6/pinebook/filesystem/firefox_70.0.1%2Bbuild1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_armhf.deb

RE: Reinstall Firefox? - PabloR - 12-02-2019

(12-02-2019, 11:36 AM)Mrfixit2001 Wrote:
(12-02-2019, 06:49 AM)PabloR Wrote:
(11-29-2019, 02:57 PM)sinistermrcream Wrote: Decided that since I bought a Pinebook Pro I should probably stop being so lazy about this stuff. I read MrFixit's update script and found that it was checking which version had been run previously on the system. Renamed the thing it was checking for and ran the update script again - Firefox is back and working (in safe mode). Version 1.5 seems to have remedied my issue.

TL;DR - if you have a Firefox install that wasn't part of the default image, remove it before upgrading to 1.5.

I come from this thread trying to reinstall firefox that was broken when changing the user name, home or render mode...
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7830&page=10

I have uninstalled firefox and firefox-esr and remove and erased /home/rock/.mozilla

with:

Code:
$ sudo apt purge firefox firefox-esr $ sudo apt remove firefox firefox-esr $ rm -rf ~/.mozilla

And then running the script to upgrade doesn't install firefox. It first update something I don't know, an the second time says thas it's all updated.

How can I reinstall firefox version that came with de PBP?

Thanks

If you had changed the firefox packages prior to updating to v1.5 then you may need to manually reinstall the package. You can find it here:
https://github.com/mrfixit2001/updates_repo/blob/v1.6/pinebook/filesystem/firefox_70.0.1%2Bbuild1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_armhf.deb

Thank you Mr. Fixit2001, the firefox reinstallation worked perfectly! Big Grin

For those who need it:
1. download the .deb firefox package from the git repository of Mr. Fixit2001
2. double click and install with gdebi.
3. in my case I needed to use the 'root' password, the 'rock' password didn't work for me.

RE: Reinstall Firefox? - josmo - 12-03-2019

" gah.your tab just crashed" when trying to get on youtube or trying play bitchute vids with that new firefox.deb in the updated stock debian os

RE: Reinstall Firefox? - Mrfixit2001 - 12-03-2019

(12-03-2019, 01:04 AM)josmo Wrote: " gah.your tab just crashed" when trying to get on youtube or trying play bitchute vids with that new firefox.deb in the updated stock debian os

Must have something else installed? I am watching a 4k vid (downscaled to 1080p) on youtube as I type this in firefox