Re: Ubuntu hardy and noscript problems

["Kristian Erik Hermansen" <user=152@nabble.blu.org>]

 Generally, you should use update-manager or do-release-upgrade if you 
don't have X to avoid common pitfalls... 



On 4/28/08, Scott R. Ehrlich <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> I took the plunge and upgraded yesterday.   My system originally had 
> feisty, then was dist-upgraded to gutsy, now dist-upgraded to hardy. 
> 
> All files downloaded, but gstreamer complained and the upgraded "crashed". 
> 
> So I rebooted, got an error, and continued with sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 
> and it went through more updates.  I rebooted, grub still shows ubuntu 
> 7.10, so another round of dist-upgrade, another reboot, and we were in 
> business. 
> 
> Firefox 3 is the default, but I don't want to play with betas so I used 
> synaptic to completely remove all firefox versions (2 and 3), removed 
> /etc/firefox prefs, as I had my own working copy in /usr/local/bin 
> downloaded from mozilla.com anyway. 
> 
> I then visit Tools > Add-ons > Extensions > Get Extensions then search for 
> noscript.  Mozilla.com finds it, complains it is unsigned, downloads it, 
> prompts me to install it, then at the Installing... window, immediately 
> produces: 
> 
> "Error 
> Firefox could not install the file at 
> http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/27442/noscript-1.6.4-fx+mz+sm.xpi
> 
> because: Unexpected installation error 
> Review the Error Console log for more details. 
> -203" 
> 
> then an OK button is the only choice. 
> 
> Tools > Error Console 
> reveals: 
> 
> Error: installLocation has no properties 
> Source File: file:///usr/local/bin/firefox/components/nsExtensionManager.js 
> Line: 3938 
> 
> 
> Looks like many similar bugs have been filed but for other firefox 
> components as well. 
> 
> What next? 
> 
> Scott 
> 
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