Firefox 3.6.6 Update problem

[Karl Larsen]

On 07/09/2010 05:23 PM, chris wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 15:40 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>    
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> 	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>> 	Linux User
>> 	#450462   http://counter.li.org.
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>>      
> system>  Administration>Software sources>   other software>  Ubuntu
> 10.4  partner
>    

         I can't do much tonight. I found what I thought was a corrected 
thing on Other Software was not and it corrected it AGAIN!!!\

Good night!

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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
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