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SOLVED: installing firefox-3.6.28 on 64-bit debian multiarch -> "firefox-bin: not found"

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summary: I must run a firefox-3.x to telework, and I run debian at home. I previously had firefox-3.6.28 installed and running on an up-to-date debian, but mistakenly destroyed that install. I have reinstalled the OS, and reinstalled firefox-3.6.28, but it will not run:

$ /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox -no-remote -ProfileManager &
> [1] 8297
> $ /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/run-mozilla.sh: 143: exec: /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin: not found

details:

As detailed in a previous question

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/931873

my workplace forces me to run a firefox-3.x in order to install a plugin (F5NAP) that provides remote access. (While the question above suggests that a firefox-8.x would also be an option, the latter is not in fact compatible with my workplace's servers' configuration.) I previously was able to do this first ~2 years ago, as indicated in the question above, on a 64-bit PC with debian=wheezy/sid (distro=LMDE==Linux Mint Debian Edition).

About a month ago, that older PC developed severe problems, so I began to setup a newer PC, which must also run the VPN, and therefore firefox-3.6.28+F5NAP. The new box is running

$ uname -a
Linux box 3.11-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.11.8-1 (2013-11-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description:    LMDE Cinnamon Edition
Release:        1
Codename:       debian
$ cat /etc/debian_version
jessie/sid

Note that the new box is also 64-bit, but (unlike the old box) is running the latest debian with multiarch support

https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch

(whereas the old box used package=ia32-libs). I was able to install firefox-3.6.28+F5NAP on the new box as detailed here

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=164522

Unfortunately I later misconfigured LVM, forcing me to reinstall everything :-( I have LMDE and most applications installed (from APT, with packages currently up-to-date) and everything appears to work (particularly the firefox-28.0 which I am using to ask this question). However this time I'm getting a very different error when I run firefox-3.6.28.

I'm installing and running firefox-3.6.28 with the following bash scriptlet (which is how I installed it previously):

FF_VERSION='3.6.28'
LINUX_VERSION='i686' # since there is no 64-bit build of this version of firefox
EXEC_FN='firefox'
LANG='en-US'
FF_WITH_VERSION="firefox-${FF_VERSION}"
URI="https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/${FF_VERSION}/linux-${LINUX_VERSION}/${LANG}/${FF_WITH_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
BUILD_DIR="/tmp/${FF_WITH_VERSION}"
UNZIP_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/firefox"
INSTALL_ROOT='/usr/local/share'
INSTALL_OWN='root:staff' # like peers on new LMDE, not 'root:root'
INSTALL_DIR="${INSTALL_ROOT}/${FF_WITH_VERSION}"
EXEC_FP="${INSTALL_DIR}/${EXEC_FN}"
EXEC_ARGS='-no-remote -ProfileManager'

# `tar j` == bzip2
for CMD in \
  "mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}" \
  "sudo mkdir -p ${INSTALL_ROOT}" \
  "pushd ${BUILD_DIR}" \
  "wget -O - ${URI} | tar xfj -" \
  "find | wc -l" \
  "popd" \
  "sudo mv ${UNZIP_DIR} ${INSTALL_DIR}" \
  "sudo chown -R ${INSTALL_OWN} ${INSTALL_DIR}/" \
  "du -hs ${INSTALL_DIR}/" \
  "ls -alh ${EXEC_FP}" \
  "${EXEC_FP} ${EXEC_ARGS} &" \
; do
  echo -e "$ ${CMD}"
  eval "${CMD}"
done

firefox-3.6.28 appears to install correctly:

$ lsalh /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/
total 20M
drwxr-xr-x 13 root staff 4.0K May  1 18:30 .
drwxrwsr-x  9 root staff 4.0K May  1 18:04 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff 2.1K Mar  6  2012 application.ini
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff    0 Mar  6  2012 .autoreg
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff 5.1K Mar  6  2012 blocklist.xml
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  232 Mar  6  2012 browserconfig.properties
drwxr-xr-x  3 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 chrome
drwxr-xr-x  2 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 components
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff  51K Mar  6  2012 crashreporter
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff 3.8K Mar  6  2012 crashreporter.ini
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  583 Mar  6  2012 crashreporter-override.ini
drwxr-xr-x  5 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 defaults
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  136 Mar  6  2012 dependentlibs.list
drwxr-xr-x  2 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 dictionaries
drwxr-xr-x  3 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 extensions
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 3.9K Mar  6  2012 firefox
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff  44K Mar  6  2012 firefox-bin
drwxr-xr-x  2 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 greprefs
drwxr-xr-x  2 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 icons
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  478 Mar  6  2012 libfreebl3.chk
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 326K Mar  6  2012 libfreebl3.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 1.1M Mar  6  2012 libmozjs.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 201K Mar  6  2012 libnspr4.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 853K Mar  6  2012 libnss3.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 390K Mar  6  2012 libnssckbi.so
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  478 Mar  6  2012 libnssdbm3.chk
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 121K Mar  6  2012 libnssdbm3.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff  81K Mar  6  2012 libnssutil3.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff  14K Mar  6  2012 libplc4.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 8.8K Mar  6  2012 libplds4.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 123K Mar  6  2012 libsmime3.so
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  478 Mar  6  2012 libsoftokn3.chk
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 194K Mar  6  2012 libsoftokn3.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 501K Mar  6  2012 libsqlite3.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 169K Mar  6  2012 libssl3.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff  12K Mar  6  2012 libxpcom.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff  16M Mar  6  2012 libxul.so
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  31K Mar  6  2012 LICENSE
drwxr-xr-x  2 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 modules
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff  11K Mar  6  2012 mozilla-xremote-client
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  137 Mar  6  2012 platform.ini
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 3.7K Mar  6  2012 plugin-container
drwxr-xr-x  2 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 plugins
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  177 Mar  6  2012 README.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  16K Mar  6  2012 removed-files
drwxr-xr-x  6 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 res
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 9.8K Mar  6  2012 run-mozilla.sh
drwxr-xr-x  2 root staff 4.0K Mar  6  2012 searchplugins
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  825 Mar  6  2012 Throbber-small.gif
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff    6 Mar  6  2012 update.locale
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff  71K Mar  6  2012 updater
-rw-r--r--  1 root staff  143 Mar  6  2012 updater.ini

but it does not run:

$ /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox -no-remote -ProfileManager &
> [1] 8297
> $ /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/run-mozilla.sh: 143: exec: /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin: not found

But as noted above, /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin clearly exists, and is in the same directory as /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/run-mozilla.sh , and both have the same permissions. Am I missing something?

If not: how to fix, or further debug, this problem?

Your prompt assistance is appreciated, since I can't telework until I get this fixed :-(

summary: I must run a firefox-3.x to telework, and I run debian at home. I previously had firefox-3.6.28 installed and running on an up-to-date debian, but mistakenly destroyed that install. I have reinstalled the OS, and reinstalled firefox-3.6.28, but it will not run: <pre> $ /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox -no-remote -ProfileManager & > [1] 8297 > $ /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/run-mozilla.sh: 143: exec: /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin: not found </pre> details: As detailed in a previous question https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/931873 my workplace forces me to run a firefox-3.x in order to install a plugin (F5NAP) that provides remote access. (While the question above suggests that a firefox-8.x would also be an option, the latter is not in fact compatible with my workplace's servers' configuration.) I previously was able to do this first ~2 years ago, as indicated in the question above, on a 64-bit PC with debian=wheezy/sid (distro=LMDE==Linux Mint Debian Edition). About a month ago, that older PC developed severe problems, so I began to setup a newer PC, which must also run the VPN, and therefore firefox-3.6.28+F5NAP. The new box is running <pre> $ uname -a Linux box 3.11-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.11.8-1 (2013-11-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: LinuxMint Description: LMDE Cinnamon Edition Release: 1 Codename: debian $ cat /etc/debian_version jessie/sid </pre> Note that the new box is also 64-bit, but (unlike the old box) is running the latest debian with multiarch support https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch (whereas the old box used package=ia32-libs). I was able to install firefox-3.6.28+F5NAP on the new box as detailed here http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=164522 Unfortunately I later misconfigured LVM, forcing me to reinstall everything :-( I have LMDE and most applications installed (from APT, with packages currently up-to-date) and everything appears to work (particularly the firefox-28.0 which I am using to ask this question). However this time I'm getting a very different error when I run firefox-3.6.28. I'm installing and running firefox-3.6.28 with the following bash scriptlet (which is how I installed it previously): <pre> FF_VERSION='3.6.28' LINUX_VERSION='i686' # since there is no 64-bit build of this version of firefox EXEC_FN='firefox' LANG='en-US' FF_WITH_VERSION="firefox-${FF_VERSION}" URI="https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/${FF_VERSION}/linux-${LINUX_VERSION}/${LANG}/${FF_WITH_VERSION}.tar.bz2" BUILD_DIR="/tmp/${FF_WITH_VERSION}" UNZIP_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/firefox" INSTALL_ROOT='/usr/local/share' INSTALL_OWN='root:staff' # like peers on new LMDE, not 'root:root' INSTALL_DIR="${INSTALL_ROOT}/${FF_WITH_VERSION}" EXEC_FP="${INSTALL_DIR}/${EXEC_FN}" EXEC_ARGS='-no-remote -ProfileManager' # `tar j` == bzip2 for CMD in \ "mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}" \ "sudo mkdir -p ${INSTALL_ROOT}" \ "pushd ${BUILD_DIR}" \ "wget -O - ${URI} | tar xfj -" \ "find | wc -l" \ "popd" \ "sudo mv ${UNZIP_DIR} ${INSTALL_DIR}" \ "sudo chown -R ${INSTALL_OWN} ${INSTALL_DIR}/" \ "du -hs ${INSTALL_DIR}/" \ "ls -alh ${EXEC_FP}" \ "${EXEC_FP} ${EXEC_ARGS} &" \ ; do echo -e "$ ${CMD}" eval "${CMD}" done </pre> firefox-3.6.28 appears to install correctly: <pre> $ lsalh /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/ total 20M drwxr-xr-x 13 root staff 4.0K May 1 18:30 . drwxrwsr-x 9 root staff 4.0K May 1 18:04 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 2.1K Mar 6 2012 application.ini -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 0 Mar 6 2012 .autoreg -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 5.1K Mar 6 2012 blocklist.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 232 Mar 6 2012 browserconfig.properties drwxr-xr-x 3 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 chrome drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 components -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 51K Mar 6 2012 crashreporter -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 3.8K Mar 6 2012 crashreporter.ini -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 583 Mar 6 2012 crashreporter-override.ini drwxr-xr-x 5 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 defaults -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 136 Mar 6 2012 dependentlibs.list drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 dictionaries drwxr-xr-x 3 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 extensions -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 3.9K Mar 6 2012 firefox -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 44K Mar 6 2012 firefox-bin drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 greprefs drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 icons -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 478 Mar 6 2012 libfreebl3.chk -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 326K Mar 6 2012 libfreebl3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 1.1M Mar 6 2012 libmozjs.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 201K Mar 6 2012 libnspr4.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 853K Mar 6 2012 libnss3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 390K Mar 6 2012 libnssckbi.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 478 Mar 6 2012 libnssdbm3.chk -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 121K Mar 6 2012 libnssdbm3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 81K Mar 6 2012 libnssutil3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 14K Mar 6 2012 libplc4.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 8.8K Mar 6 2012 libplds4.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 123K Mar 6 2012 libsmime3.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 478 Mar 6 2012 libsoftokn3.chk -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 194K Mar 6 2012 libsoftokn3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 501K Mar 6 2012 libsqlite3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 169K Mar 6 2012 libssl3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 12K Mar 6 2012 libxpcom.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 16M Mar 6 2012 libxul.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 31K Mar 6 2012 LICENSE drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 modules -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 11K Mar 6 2012 mozilla-xremote-client -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 137 Mar 6 2012 platform.ini -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 3.7K Mar 6 2012 plugin-container drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 plugins -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 177 Mar 6 2012 README.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 16K Mar 6 2012 removed-files drwxr-xr-x 6 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 res -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 9.8K Mar 6 2012 run-mozilla.sh drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 4.0K Mar 6 2012 searchplugins -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 825 Mar 6 2012 Throbber-small.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 6 Mar 6 2012 update.locale -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 71K Mar 6 2012 updater -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 143 Mar 6 2012 updater.ini </pre> but it does not run: <pre> $ /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox -no-remote -ProfileManager & > [1] 8297 > $ /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/run-mozilla.sh: 143: exec: /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin: not found </pre> But as noted above, /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin clearly exists, and is in the same directory as /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/run-mozilla.sh , and both have the same permissions. Am I missing something? If not: how to fix, or further debug, this problem? Your prompt assistance is appreciated, since I can't telework until I get this fixed :-(

TomRoche moo ko soppali ci

Saafara biñ tànn

For the solution's full description, see this post to debian-user

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/05/msg00243.html

(in a quite illuminating thread starting here

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/05/msg00126.html

) But the solution was mostly

me@it ~ $ ldd /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin
        not a dynamic executable

# libc6:i386, dependencies, and recommended from `aptitude -s`
me@it ~ $ sudo aptitude install libc6:i386 gcc-4.8-base:i386 libc6-i686:i386 libgcc1:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gcc-4.8-base:i386 libc6:i386 libc6-i686:i386 libgcc1:i386 
0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
...
Setting up gcc-4.8-base:i386 (4.8.2-1) ...
Setting up libc6:i386 (2.17-97) ...
Setting up libgcc1:i386 (1:4.8.2-1) ...
...
Setting up libc6-i686:i386 (2.17-97) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...

me@it ~ $ ldd /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin
        linux-gate.so.1 (0xf7775000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7740000)
        libxul.so => not found
        libmozjs.so => not found
        libxpcom.so => not found
        libplds4.so => not found
        libplc4.so => not found
        libnspr4.so => not found
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xf7739000)
        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libatk-1.0.so.0 => not found
        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => not found
        libpango-1.0.so.0 => not found
        libcairo.so.2 => not found
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libX11.so.6 => not found
        libasound.so.2 => not found
        libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xf76f4000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => not found
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf76d7000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xf7527000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7776000)
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Saafara yiñ Tànn

For the solution's full description, see this post to debian-user

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/05/msg00243.html

(in a quite illuminating thread starting here

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/05/msg00126.html

) But the solution was mostly

me@it ~ $ ldd /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin
        not a dynamic executable

# libc6:i386, dependencies, and recommended from `aptitude -s`
me@it ~ $ sudo aptitude install libc6:i386 gcc-4.8-base:i386 libc6-i686:i386 libgcc1:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gcc-4.8-base:i386 libc6:i386 libc6-i686:i386 libgcc1:i386 
0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
...
Setting up gcc-4.8-base:i386 (4.8.2-1) ...
Setting up libc6:i386 (2.17-97) ...
Setting up libgcc1:i386 (1:4.8.2-1) ...
...
Setting up libc6-i686:i386 (2.17-97) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...

me@it ~ $ ldd /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin
        linux-gate.so.1 (0xf7775000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7740000)
        libxul.so => not found
        libmozjs.so => not found
        libxpcom.so => not found
        libplds4.so => not found
        libplc4.so => not found
        libnspr4.so => not found
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xf7739000)
        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libatk-1.0.so.0 => not found
        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => not found
        libpango-1.0.so.0 => not found
        libcairo.so.2 => not found
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => not found
        libX11.so.6 => not found
        libasound.so.2 => not found
        libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xf76f4000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => not found
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf76d7000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xf7527000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7776000)
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As you may know it was not until Firefox 4.0 that there has been 64-bit Linux Releases of Firefox from Mozilla. Some Linux distros may have built 64-bit Firefox packages before then.

Also note you do not need to use the -no-remote switch when starting with -P or -ProfileManager unless you were trying to say run a secend instance.

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@james: "Some Linux distros may have built 64-bit Firefox packages before then."

Alas, I have not seen any 64-bit firefox-3.x for debian.

@james: "you do not need to use the -no-remote switch when starting with -P or -ProfileManager unless you were trying to say run a secend instance."

Correct, but I am trying to run a second instance. I typically run latest available packaged firefox (which for LMDE currently is version=29) for all purposes except the F5NAP (which does not support it). When I need to VPN, I run as separate second instance of firefox-3.6.28+F5NAP (on a separate profile) for the duration of the session. Fortunately the two firefoxes "play well together" as long as they use separate profiles, and as long as the profile for firefox-3.6.28+F5NAP is configured to not auto-update.