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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 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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