Firefox upgrades rendered it unusable
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
After upgrading the hole system, dpkg shows the following errors:
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
If I try to purge the package and reinstall it, the problem continues. Which is Firefox doesn't work.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: firefox (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Sep 9 13:47:05 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-02 (129 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| summary: |
- Firefox won't install or upgrade + Firefox upgrades rendered it unusable |
| Paul White (paulw2u) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Incomplete |
| Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
Hi Alberto,
Presumably this hasn't been a problem when updating to any of the numerous Firefox releases that have been made available since you raised this bug report over three years ago?
Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]