Trouble updating Firefox?
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From: chris on 29 Mar 2010 04:32 On 28/03/10 14:02, Marlene wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: >> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:46:32 +0100, Marlene Brennand >> <marlene.brennand(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >>> Just logged on to the missus's G4 iBook (10.5.8) and I am trying to >>> update Firefox 3.5 to 3.6. When I try and drag Firefox to the Apps >>> folder it wont let me do it, giving the error message "The operation >>> cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for >>> some of the items" >>> >>> I am logged in as the administrator (in fact that's the only login >>> account that is active). >>> >>> Anyone got any ideas what is going on ? >> >> Have you tried deleting FF first, then moving the new version? >> >> This is generally down to user permissions on the files inside the >> .app bundle, and is more trouble to fix than it is to work around. >> >> Cheers - Jaimie > > Yep that's sorted it ! Thanks Jamie and Peter There should be no need to delete older versions of FF just to update them. The typical way to update FF is via it's own updater. See under Help->Check for Updates... (sometimes if there's an update already waiting it'll be called 'Apply new Update...', or similar).
From: Chris Ridd on 29 Mar 2010 04:55 On 2010-03-29 09:32:05 +0100, chris said: > On 28/03/10 14:02, Marlene wrote: >> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: >>> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:46:32 +0100, Marlene Brennand >>> <marlene.brennand(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Just logged on to the missus's G4 iBook (10.5.8) and I am trying to >>>> update Firefox 3.5 to 3.6. When I try and drag Firefox to the Apps >>>> folder it wont let me do it, giving the error message "The operation >>>> cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for >>>> some of the items" >>>> >>>> I am logged in as the administrator (in fact that's the only login >>>> account that is active). >>>> >>>> Anyone got any ideas what is going on ? >>> >>> Have you tried deleting FF first, then moving the new version? >>> >>> This is generally down to user permissions on the files inside the >>> .app bundle, and is more trouble to fix than it is to work around. >>> >>> Cheers - Jaimie >> >> Yep that's sorted it ! Thanks Jamie and Peter > > There should be no need to delete older versions of FF just to update them. > > The typical way to update FF is via it's own updater. See under > Help->Check for Updates... (sometimes if there's an update already > waiting it'll be called 'Apply new Update...', or similar). Will that update from 3.5.x to 3.6.x? IIRC Thunderbird's version of the updater wouldn't update between major versions. -- Chris
From: Peter Ceresole on 29 Mar 2010 05:42 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > Will that update from 3.5.x to 3.6.x? IIRC Thunderbird's version of the > updater wouldn't update between major versions. Yes. I've done it recently, from 3.5.8 to 3.6.2. Make sure you get the latest- 3.6.2. 3.6 was rather broken. -- Peter
From: chris on 29 Mar 2010 08:49
On 29/03/10 09:55, Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2010-03-29 09:32:05 +0100, chris said: > >> On 28/03/10 14:02, Marlene wrote: >>> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: >>>> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:46:32 +0100, Marlene Brennand >>>> <marlene.brennand(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Just logged on to the missus's G4 iBook (10.5.8) and I am trying to >>>>> update Firefox 3.5 to 3.6. When I try and drag Firefox to the Apps >>>>> folder it wont let me do it, giving the error message "The operation >>>>> cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for >>>>> some of the items" >>>>> >>>>> I am logged in as the administrator (in fact that's the only login >>>>> account that is active). >>>>> >>>>> Anyone got any ideas what is going on ? >>>> >>>> Have you tried deleting FF first, then moving the new version? >>>> >>>> This is generally down to user permissions on the files inside the >>>> .app bundle, and is more trouble to fix than it is to work around. >>>> >>>> Cheers - Jaimie >>> >>> Yep that's sorted it ! Thanks Jamie and Peter >> >> There should be no need to delete older versions of FF just to update >> them. >> >> The typical way to update FF is via it's own updater. See under >> Help->Check for Updates... (sometimes if there's an update already >> waiting it'll be called 'Apply new Update...', or similar). > > Will that update from 3.5.x to 3.6.x? Yup. > IIRC Thunderbird's version of the > updater wouldn't update between major versions. Yes, that was a much bigger change: 2.x -> 3.0. Point releases are normally fine. I did notice that 3.6 wasn't applied to 3.5 automatically (to begin with at least), you needed to check for the update manually. |