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gardei@gardei-lab:~$ ./firefox/firefox XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /home/gardei/firefox/libxpcom.so: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or

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gardei
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Friends:

The latest Firefox won't launch. Here's what I get...

gardei@gardei-lab:~$ ./firefox/firefox XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /home/gardei/firefox/libxpcom.so: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM.

Both .so files exist in ./firefox

Thanks. -- BG

Friends: The latest Firefox won't launch. Here's what I get... gardei@gardei-lab:~$ ./firefox/firefox XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /home/gardei/firefox/libxpcom.so: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM. Both .so files exist in ./firefox Thanks. -- BG

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Amit Kumar Thakur
Amit Kumar Thakur
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Hi, can you update your firefox and try again. goto Help->About Firefox and it will be automatically updated. Thanks

gardei
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I tried again. New download. Same problem. -- Bill

cor-el
cor-el
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Make sure that you meet the system requirements (GTK+ and GLib) for the current Firefox version.

gardei
gardei Umnikazi wombuzo
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Time to look for a new browser.

cor-el
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Did you check the permissions of all files and also make sure that it is an executable?

gardei
gardei Umnikazi wombuzo
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chmod 777 * - made no difference

user392249
user392249
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@amitshree The answer is daft. The user cannot start firefox!

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Amit Kumar Thakur
Amit Kumar Thakur
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Hello,

Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a Clean reinstall. This means you remove Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox. Please follow these steps:

Note: You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.

  1. Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
  2. After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
  3. Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
    • Windows:
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
    • Mac: Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
    • Linux: If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see Install Firefox on Linux. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page, simply remove the folder firefox in your home directory.
  4. Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
    1. Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
    2. Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.

Please report back to see if this helped you!

Thank you.

kobe
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Install firefox thru a package manager if your distro has one, this ensures you have all the libaries nessacary.

and refer to this