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ceejay82
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:54 pm    Post subject: [SOLVED] Problem installing firefox Reply with quote

Hello again,
sorry for the many posts but I searched for a solution and didn't find anything.
I try to emerge firefox but after a very very long time I recieving this
* ERROR: www-client/firefox-10.0.3 failed (install phase):
* emake install failed

see the full error here

emerge --info =www-client/firefox-10.0.3 looks like this here


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A lot of people had the same problem.
Re-sync and try again,like I did and it should compile ok.
This is what caused the failure:
Quote:
run-mozilla.sh: Cannot execute /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-10.0.3/work/mozilla-esr10/obj-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/browser/installer/../../dist/bin/shlibsign.


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To install Gentoo I use sysrescuecd.Based on Gentoo,has firefox to browse Gentoo docs and mc to browse (and edit) files.
The same disk can be used for 32 and 64 bit installs.
You can follow the Handbook verbatim.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Download
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks a lot. even when i tried this several times in the last days it didn't work but today it helped
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