Firefox extensions using binary components - missing symlink causes errors
Bug #246476 reported by
Steven Rose
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #244439: missing symlinks break binary compatibility with native upstream components.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| firefox (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
As reported when a bug was found with a particular extension for Firefox here: https:/
The problem seems to be caused by a missing symlink in the package for Firefox 3. Binary components in Firefox extensions are linked against libnspr4.so. However, Ubuntu's libnspr4.so is named libnspr4.so.0d.
For those experiencing issues there is a work around for the bug at the moment:
cd /usr/lib
sudo ln -s libnspr4.so.0d libnspr4.so
cd ~/.mozilla/
rm xpti.dat compreg.dat
This will create the missing symlink and also clear the Firefox component cache to force it into reloading previously failed libraries caused by the misnaming of libnspr4.so
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