Re: Problem with Firefox Quantum v-650.0

["Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net>]

On 05/10/2018 11:13 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:07:43AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> > I've encountered a strange problem with the latest release of Firefox
> > Quantum v-60.0.
> >
> > Up to this point the previous versions, the 59.x.x, series had been very
> > happily residing in /opt/firefox.  I uncompressed the downlo9aded file as a
> > user and thee copied the firefox directory tree as root
> >
> > I did the upgrade exactly the same way, but now when I try opening firefox I
> > get:
> >
> > comp@AbNormal:/opt/firefox$ ./firefox
> > XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /opt/firefox/libnspr4.so:
> > /opt/firefox/libnspr4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> > directory
> > Couldn't load XPCOM.
> >
> > What I find really puzzling is that I can run the new version in my user
> > directory tree without any problems.
> >
> > What is going on here?
> My first guess: you forgot to wipe out the old version before you unpacked
> the new version into the same target directory.  So now you've got a mix
> of files from two different versions, and something gets confused.
Actually not.  I renamed the v-59.x.x in /opt and copied the version 
directly from the user subdirectory in wi=hich I unzipped the download.

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