Stephen Cullum wrote:
> charles cashion wrote:
>> I am running firefox 2.0.0.16 on ubuntu 7.10.
>> Firefox crashes every few minutes (sometimes).
>> Other times Firefox can run for half an hour.
>> I have just learned about sudo apt-get. If I
>> #sudo apt-get install firefox will it load
>> firefox on top of itself?
>>
>> Q2: If I remove/delete firefox, will sudo apt-get
>> still function from a terminal? Of YES, then I can
>> remove firefox and sudo apt-get install firefox.
>> YES?
>>
>> Q3: I think it would be good to know a little
>> about apt-get. I googled, and found a short story
>> on wikipedia. I like wikipedia. I can usually
>> read and understand wikipedia. Is there an
>> official apt-get tutorial?
>> Thanks,
>> Charles
>>
> You can try in the terminal dpkg-reconfigure first. This will
> reconfigure the Firefox package. If configuration has been your problem
> this should fix your problem. If you decide to remove and reinstall
> Firefox use sudo apt-get purge Firefox && install Firefox
> This should completely uninstall Firefox including it's configuration
> files and then reinstall it. Run apt-get search Firefox , first to make
> sure you have the right name for the package.
> Here is a link to a manual online about apt-get
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/
> Also you can find out stuff from the man page.
> Man apt-get
> Use page up and down to move through the document. When finish enter q
> which will return you to the terminal. There are other browsers you can
> try. Use apt-get search browser to find them. If you find a package you
> are interested use apt-get show browser package to find information on
> it. Then apt-get install browser package to install it.
> You can also use synaptic also. system-->administration-->synaptic to
> use a GUI to install and uninstall programs.
Thanks. I am having the exact same problem. I've followed your
instructions and note that when firefox is re-installed it is from an
already downloaded package located on my harddrive. FF still crashes
after a minute or two. How do I remove all traces of FF from my machine
so that a fresh download will happen?
Mouse