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"Import..." immediately says "No programs that contain bookmarks, history or password data"

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Trying to import passwords which have been exported from a previous FF installation. When I go to "File" -> "Import..." I immediately get a message "No programs that contain bookmarks, history or password data".

System: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100628 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.6

Trying to import passwords which have been exported from a previous FF installation. When I go to "File" -> "Import..." I immediately get a message "No programs that contain bookmarks, history or password data". System: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100628 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.6

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It sounds quite similar to the problem described here:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/618703?s=importing+passwords+into+firefox+%22No+programs+that+contain+bookmarks%2C+history+or+password+data%22&as=s

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From which browser do you want to import data?

There aren't many browsers on Linux that you can import from. See Importing