Firefox 3.6.6 Update problem

[Karl Larsen]

On 07/08/2010 03:20 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 8 July 2010 21:48, Karl Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> ...
>>
>>         Sorry I have no idea how to enable the partners repository. Could you
>> give some instructions?
>>      
> If you look back through messages on this forum you will find a thread
> with subject "Re: Hi! I'm new to UBUNTU! - hijacked from: Goodbye
> Linux/Ubuntu"
> On 29th may you posted:
>
> On 05/29/2010 07:13 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>
>      On 29 May 2010 14:00, Karl Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com>   wrote:
>          ...
>          karl at Lucid:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
>          [sudo] password for karl:
>          Reading package lists... Done
>          Building dependency tree
>          Reading state information... Done
>          Package sun-java6-jre is not available, but is referred to by another
>          package.
>          This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
>          is only available from another source
>          E: Package sun-java6-jre has no installation candidate
>          karl at Lucid:~$
>
>              This does not work on my 10.04
>
>
>      It works ok for me.  Have you enabled the Partner repository?
>
>      Colin
>
>
>         No idea.
>
> 73 Karl
>
> In reply I posted:
>
>    
>> On 29 May 2010 14:19, Karl Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>      
>>> On 05/29/2010 07:13 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>>        
>>>> On 29 May 2010 14:00, Karl Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> ...
>>>>> karl at Lucid:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
>>>>> [sudo] password for karl:
>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>>> Package sun-java6-jre is not available, but is referred to by another
>>>>> package.
>>>>> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
>>>>> is only available from another source
>>>>> E: Package sun-java6-jre has no installation candidate
>>>>> karl at Lucid:~$
>>>>>
>>>>>      This does not work on my 10.04
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> It works ok for me.  Have you enabled the Partner repository?
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>         No idea.
>>>        
>> Are you really trying to tell us after all these years using Ubuntu
>> that you do not know about enabling repositories?  Go to System,
>> Administration, Software Sources, Other Software and check that the
>> ubuntu partner repository is enabled.
>>      
> Now I know that was a good six weeks ago and I believe that you are of
> a great and venerable age so no doubt the memory is not quite what it
> was, so perhaps you should note down somewhere how to do this so that
> you do not have to ask again in another six weeks.
>
> And please, as I have asked several times, do not send me a personal
> copy of your posts in addition of sending one to the list, I do not
> need two copies.  Thanks.
>
> Colin
>
>    
     I looked and there is NO listing of a Ubuntu partner repository. It 
is NOT a choice! Also all things on that page are checked!! It still 
fails to work so I must have the letter perfect URL for the page I need 
and I will try to add it :-)

73 Karl


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