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want & tried installing 3.6 on a OpenSuSE-11.2 : bad ElfClass64 /usr/lib64/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 - what to do? Thanks a lot

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downloaded vers. 3.6 and tried installing ... linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # ls application.ini components dependentlibs.list greprefs libnspr4.so libnssutil3.so libsoftokn3.so LICENSE plugins searchplugins .autoreg crashreporter dictionaries icons libnss3.so libplc4.so libsqlite3.so modules README.txt Throbber-small.gif blocklist.xml crashreporter.ini extensions libfreebl3.chk libnssckbi.so libplds4.so libssl3.so mozilla-xremote-client removed-files update.locale browserconfig.properties crashreporter-override.ini firefox libfreebl3.so libnssdbm3.chk libsmime3.so libxpcom.so platform.ini res updater chrome defaults firefox-bin libmozjs.so libnssdbm3.so libsoftokn3.chk libxul.so plugin-container run-mozilla.sh updater.ini linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # ./firefox ./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-glib-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # mc linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # ln -s /usr/lib64/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # ./firefox ./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-glib-1.so.2: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # ./updater Usage: updater <dir-path> [parent-pid [working-dir callback args...]] linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 #

i do not want depend on and if OpenSuSE update to 3.6 - In fact before using OpenSuSE 11.2 i had installed firefox 3.5 which updated automatically, sort of b-tester as i trully trust firefox for day to day browsing since years ago.

downloaded vers. 3.6 and tried installing ... linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # ls application.ini components dependentlibs.list greprefs libnspr4.so libnssutil3.so libsoftokn3.so LICENSE plugins searchplugins .autoreg crashreporter dictionaries icons libnss3.so libplc4.so libsqlite3.so modules README.txt Throbber-small.gif blocklist.xml crashreporter.ini extensions libfreebl3.chk libnssckbi.so libplds4.so libssl3.so mozilla-xremote-client removed-files update.locale browserconfig.properties crashreporter-override.ini firefox libfreebl3.so libnssdbm3.chk libsmime3.so libxpcom.so platform.ini res updater chrome defaults firefox-bin libmozjs.so libnssdbm3.so libsoftokn3.chk libxul.so plugin-container run-mozilla.sh updater.ini linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # ./firefox ./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-glib-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # mc linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # ln -s /usr/lib64/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # ./firefox ./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-glib-1.so.2: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # ./updater Usage: updater <dir-path> [parent-pid [working-dir callback args...]] linux-User251868:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/firefox-3.6 # i do not want depend on and if OpenSuSE update to 3.6 - In fact before using OpenSuSE 11.2 i had installed firefox 3.5 which updated automatically, sort of b-tester as i trully trust firefox for day to day browsing since years ago.

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Firefox is a 32 bit application, so you need to create a symlink to the 32 bit version of that dbus library (libdbus-glib-1.so.2). If that library isn't installed then you need to install it via Install Software.

See also http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/system-requirements.html - Firefox 3.6 System Requirements

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DaveRo
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I don't know the reason for your problem but I take your final statement to mean that you do want the latest version: 3.6.8

See this - and in particular my draft on installing the latest version of Thunderbird on OpenSUSE. It's exactly the same with Firefox. 

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=560635#c6
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Firefox is a 32 bit application, so you need to create a symlink to the 32 bit version of that dbus library (libdbus-glib-1.so.2). If that library isn't installed then you need to install it via Install Software.

See also http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/system-requirements.html - Firefox 3.6 System Requirements