Need a password for sudo to get my firefox updated!
I am attempting to update my firefox. The info. you provided for me does not work and I still don't have the firefox browser on my desktop. This is what I need. I am attempting to update my firefox, but encountered some error messages before when I typed formulas into the binary code. Now it is asking for my sudo password and I do not have one. What to do now?
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#1 |
Follow this:
http://
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#2 |
It's the same password as the password you use to log on to Ubuntu or to unlock the screen when the screen saver comes on. It is the password you put in when you installed Ubuntu. If you don't remember that password, then eNry's link tells you how to reset it. If you do remember it, then just use that. The password to use for "sudo" is just your regular password.
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That is what I thought, but it will not take it. The white light keeps blinking when I put my password in. Now what? Shall I just uninstall my firefox and reinstall it? I want firefox and I don't know what to do. I need firefox for my college homework!
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#4 |
The password in the terminal is hidden for security reasons. When the terminal asks for password, just type it in and press enter.
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#5 |
I tried to do this. The white light won't take anything, but says there is an error. Do you understand?
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#6 |
You can use gksudo instead of sudo if you wish.
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#8 |
The computer help desk at my college told me to try this:
Thank you for contacting us, there is another way that you can try to download firefox for ubuntu. Try the steps below and see if firefox will update for you:
1. Hit the ALT+F2 key combination on your keyboard, check the "Run in terminal" option and paste the following command in the "Run Application" dialog:
sudo apt-get install firefox
When I try to type in my password this is what it shows: [sudo] password for d: and there is a white little square that keeps blinking and it says this: Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for d:
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#9 |
Assuming you are actually typing in your password when it asks, and when you press enter after typing it in it says "Sorry, try again.", then you'll have to try resetting the password (http://
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#10 |
WHY DO I NEED TO DO THIS THOUGH? I DIDN'T CHANGE IT OR ANYTHING.
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#11 |
You don't need to do it. If you're willing to spend more time investigating the problem, we can do that first. Most users don't want to follow a course of action that unnecessarily prolongs and complicates things, which is why I didn't suggest that initially.
But if you don't want to reset your password until having investigated this further, then run:
su -u $USER
See if that accepts your password. If it does, then the problem is not the password you're entering failing to match the stored password.
Also, I recommend avoiding posting in all caps. I've gotten the sense from context that in this case your intent was emphasis, but all-caps online generally means screaming and tends to offend people unnecessarily in numerous situations.
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#12 |
Sorry, I got my gksu and su syntax mixed up. Don't run "su -u $USER". If you want to perform the above diagnostic step, run this command instead:
su $USER
Again, my apologies.
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#13 |
That's O.K. and no, I only put the caps on so it was easier to read that's all. Sorry if I offended anyone. So I put "su-u $USER" just like this in the terminal?
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#15 |
It won't take my password so maybe I should try to change this, but is there an easier way than the way than from that website or is this the only way-to put ubuntu in recovery mode?
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#16 |
Or, shall we uninstall firefox and reinstall it again? Would this be better?
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#17 |
The (correct) command to run should have been:
su $USER
If that's what you ran, and it rejected your password, and you are entering it correctly, then you'll need to change your password with a method like http://
(Of course, as stated before, if the only problem is that you don't see anything happening as you enter your password, that is *not* a problem--it's intentional that no placeholder characters like * appear when you enter your password into the Terminal.)
Assuming Firefox is installed from Ubuntu packages, which is the recommended way for it to be installed, you will not be able to uninstall or reinstall it without being able to authenticate. So you should reset your password, as described above.
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#18 |
Yes, I know it is intentional that no one sees the password. It just won't do anything. The white little square keeps blinking and it's as if I am not even typing at all. I will reset the password. Will this then allow me to finish updating firefox?
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#19 |
Can I even upgrade from firefox 3.6 in ubuntu 10.04? Do the updates have to come from ubuntu? Maybe this is why there are problems updating. All I want is my firefox browser icon back on my desktop. Can you please get this back for me?
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#20 |
My password has been working fine in the ubuntu software packages and other places throughout ubuntu. Is it possible to uninstall firefox from ubuntu and if so, how or what do I do to get my firefox web browser icon back?
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#21 |
you can uninstall firefox using software centre then reinstall it as you want. Its not tied into the OS like internet explorer is
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#22 |
Where is software centre located and how do I do this? And, I have ubuntu 10.04 on Linux. Did firefox come with ubuntu already installed? And if I do remove it and install it again, -how do I install it? Please let me know with specific instructions asap. Thank you
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#23 |
From Question #177149
if you still want
> What I want to do now is to just reinstall Firefox 3.6.23.
10.04 doesn't have a software-center, it has Synaptic under system administration menu.
Without a valid password it isn't possible to securely install software.
Step 1: fix unvalid password
Step 2: remove and reinstall firefox via terminal or package management GUI.
Firefox should remain closed during the procedure.
And yes, firefox comes preinstalled.
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#24 |
In post #18, you said:
"Yes, I know it is intentional that no one sees the password. It just won't do anything. The white little square keeps blinking and it's as if I am not even typing at all."
That is the correct and intended behavior, when you enter your password in the Terminal.
When you type in your password, the blinking cursor is supposed to stay where it is, as though you were not typing anything. No * characters, or any other placeholders, are shown as you type in the password. Just type it in and press enter.
It sounds like there was never actually a problem.
If you just want the latest updates to Firefox 3.6, you can get them in the Update Manager.
If you want to upgrade Firefox to version 7.0.1, you can install it using the instructions at http://
@Sam_
"10.04 doesn't have a software-center"
https:/
http://
Do you mean that the Software Center is not installed by default in Lucid?
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#25 |
Yep, Eliah, it was introduced in 10.10. Since it's an ongoing issue spread over two questions regarding reinstalling FF or whatever pw issue, one may anticipate that installation of just another package manager wouldn't help to make things better.
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#26 |
And yes, there is a problem with the blinking light in terminal because it still says not correct password and to try again and it won't do anything. I have the 10.04 version of linux ubuntu. So, Sam, then what do I do? Do I uninstall firefox and then install it again? I only want the 3.63 version. No updates. Please give me instructions what to do for the 3.63 version and do I need to unistall firefox first and do I use ubuntuzilla to do this? I need to know asap please. Thank you
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#27 |
How do I fix my password? Or is there a password I am supposed to use for this removal of firefox: ubuntuzilla.py -a remove -p firefox I tried using the instructions: How to reset your password in Ubuntu http://
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#28 |
@Sam_
"Yep, Eliah, it was introduced in 10.10."
Do you mean that it was installed by default starting with 10.10? I am trying to understand what you meant when you said that "10.04 doesn't have a software-center", since it clearly does, and from the main component, so it's fully supported and not a backport. (See the source and binary package links in post #24.)
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#29 |
@Dianne Meyers
There are a lot of things being asked here. This post attempts to cover everything *except* for how to change your password. I'll try to post again about that, shortly.
You had asked about putting a Firefox icon on the desktop. This is an entirely separate question from updating Firefox. Updating Firefox in Ubuntu will not put a Firefox icon on your desktop. You can find Firefox in your menus (Applications > Internet > Firefox, if I recall correctly) and right-click and click the menu item to create a launcher ("shortcut") for it on the desktop. Or you can right-click on the desktop and click "Create Launcher" and fill in the necessary information to make a launcher for Firefox.
Now as for the rest...
** If this is *not* the same machine that you are running Firefox 7.0.1 on, which you talked about in https:/
To update all the installed software on your computer including Firefox (not to 7.0.1, just to the latest version of 3.6 available in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, with security and stability updates), run System > Administration > Update Manager. You can install updates there. You could even choose to install some updates and not others, but it is generally recommended to install all updates that are offered. (If it offers to do a "partial upgrade" which includes the removal of packages, that's a situation where it might not be good to go ahead with the update.)
If you want to reinstall Firefox, you can do that in Synaptic (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager).
If you're interested in more information about what you can do in Synaptic and how to do it, see https:/
** If this *is* the same machine as discussed in https:/
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#30 |
"How to reset your password in Ubuntu http://
Do you mean that you had exactly the same problem trying to reset your password that you had trying to enter it when you ran commands with "sudo"?
After booting your system normally so you have a graphical user interface, if you run the command "gksu xclock" (without the quotes) in the Terminal, are you able to enter your password and have a little clock window appear on the screen?
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#31 |
After I did this this: Add the GPG Key First of all
Just copy-paste the following command to Terminal.
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.
Now Add Repo for Ubuntuzilla
Now, you should choose your steps depending on the version of Ubuntu you use.
For Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04), Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) and Later
Copy-paste the following command into terminal to add the repo for Ubuntu Jaunty and later.echo -e "\ndeb http://
This is what the terminal said:
d@d-desktop:~$
d@d-desktop:~$ Done.
Done.: command not found
d@d-desktop:~$ Now Add Repo for Ubuntuzilla
No command 'Now' found, did you mean:
Command 'cow' from package 'fl-cow' (universe)
Now: command not found
d@d-desktop:~$ Now, you should choose your steps depending on the version of Ubuntu you use.
Now,: command not found
d@d-desktop:~$ For Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04), Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) and Later
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
d@d-desktop:~$ Copy-paste the following command into terminal to add the repo for Ubuntu Jaunty and later.
Copy-paste: command not found
d@d-desktop:~$ echo -e "\ndeb http://
[sudo] password for d:
d@d-desktop:~$ 1234
1234: command not found
d@d-desktop:~$ 1234
1234: command not found
d@d-desktop:~$ toor
toor: command not found
d@d-desktop:~$
d@d-desktop:~$ echo -e "\ndeb http://
d@d-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for d:
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Fetched 1,115kB in 10s (104kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://
d@d-desktop:~$
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#32 |
Actually Eliah, the terminal takes my password sometimes-please see the above terminal info. and advise.
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#33 |
Or should I just go into the synaptic software in ubuntu and uninstall all firefox and then reinstall them again?
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#34 |
Please see my previous message: All I want is my firefox browser icon back on my desktop. Can you please get this back for me?
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#35 |
"All I want is my firefox browser icon back on my desktop."
See my explanation for how to do this in post #24, as numbered at https:/
Since you're saying that's all you want, I'll hold off on responding to any of your other recent posts. But if you do want reponses, please post a reply indicating that. If the above instructions for putting a Firefox icon on your desktop don't work or you have trouble following them, please also post a reply. If the above information solves the problem as far as you are concerned, then please mark this question as Solved.
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#36 |
Sorry, I meant post #29.
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#37 |
Eliah, I did the menus (Applications > Internet > Firefox, if I recall correctly) and right-click and click the menu item to create a launcher ("shortcut") for it on the desktop. It just had a picture of the firefox icon that sid I can install it so I clicked on this and it sid it is already installed. (I've done this before.) I also did this: right-click on the desktop and click "Create Launcher" and fill in the necessary information to make a launcher for Firefox. What do I put for name, command and comment? If you can advise me quickly, this may work. Please advise. Thank you
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#38 |
For the name, I recommend you put: Firefox
For the command, you should put: /usr/bin/firefox
For the comment, you can put whatever you like.
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And, Eliah, you said this: "To update all the installed software on your computer including Firefox (not to 7.0.1, just to the latest version of 3.6 available in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, with security and stability updates), run System > Administration > Update Manager." I did this already last week and it would not update everything. "You can install updates there. You could even choose to install some updates and not others, but it is generally recommended to install all updates that are offered." (If it offers to do a "partial upgrade" which includes the removal of packages, that's a situation where it might not be good to go ahead with the update.) I did this and it did only do a partial upgrade.
"If you want to reinstall Firefox, you can do that in Synaptic (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager)."
Please give me specific instructions! Do I uninstall all firefox packages from the synaptic and if so, how do I do this? And then how do I reinstall them? Do I just go to installed and type in firefox in the search bar and uninstall all firefox things and then do the same thing when I want to reinstall firefox? Is this how? Please advise asap. Thank you.
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Sorry, but I still need a response-in answeringyour last question. Nothing seems to be working to get my firefox browser back so please just give me complete and specific instructions as to how to uninstall firefox and reinstall it in my ubuntu 10.04. I will just go back to firefox 3.63. Please this is all I want. Need this asap. Thank you, Dianne
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#41 |
Sam, I tried to remove firefox on my machine by doing this from a ubuntu website and this is what it said: d@d-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove firefox-
[sudo] password for d:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package firefox-
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-
libfsobasics-dev libfsotransport-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
d@d-desktop:~$
Please advise asap. Thank you
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#42 |
Were you able to create an icon for Firefox on the desktop?
If so, and this is the same computer as in https:/
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#43 |
#28
Eliah, you're absolutely correct, it's in main all along, confusion was on my side and it was introduced by 9.10 instead 10.10, in between renamed. I've obviously went through too much releases.
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Dianne, can you please give the terminal output of this three commands only:
apt-cache policy firefox
gconftool --get /desktop/
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
## Next, open the desktop file of firefox with gedit and paste the content here.
## To open the file type (or rather copy&paste) in a terminal:
gedit ~/.local/
## Since there're pending upgrades package management will complain on next installation or removal attempt.
It's also uncertain that reinstall of firefox will help, mostly it doesn't when there is a broken profile or browser symlinks aren't set correctly.
## Anyway, Synaptic is very much self-explanatory, intuitive and advanced.
Example.
Search for firefox (version 3.6.23), right click will open a context menu, select 'remove completely'.
This may also remove dependencies.
Click on 'apply' in the top menu.
If this proceeds without errors, which I doubt, I'd logout-in, open Synaptic again, right click on package, select 'install'.
https:/
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#44 |
Eliah, I went to this website you provided me to download: http://
If you have been to this page before, it is possible it has been removed.
Check that you are logged in with the correct acount, or that you entered the address correctly, or search for it:
I typed http://
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