How to install Firefox with USB created from Knoppix 6.7 CD

[Denver Dave]

I've created a USB boot disk from a Knoppix 6.7 CD. The default browser is the Chromium web browser. How do I install Firefox?

I've tried the following from the root terminal:

sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox

which returns:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package mozilla-firefox

Suggestions?

[Denver Dave]

I can't seem to edit the previous post, so I'm adding a little more information with this post.

I found the Synaptic Package Manager and a search does return firefox and the 4 packages, which look like they are installed.

Maybe Firefox, just isn't in the menu? Don't know how to launch FF from LXTerminal, but Firefox command returns command not found same from root terminal

[klaus2008]

The Debian version of Firefox is called Iceweasel. You can find this web browser in the menu.

[Denver Dave]

In the "Internet" menu section, I'm seeing 3 choices:

Chromium Web Browser
Pidgin Internet Messenger
Terminal Server Client

I did a quick scan of the other menu sections and don't see iceweasel or firefox listed, except in the synaptic package manager where a search for iceweasel gives iceweasel in the left pane and no packages in the right pane. A search for firefox gives firefox in the left pane and in the right pane:

libmozjs2d
libmozjs5d
pcmanfm
xulrunner-1.9.1

All left squares are green and if I try to click on them, the message box indicates mark for removal, which I take means that they are present.

Maybe I need to get the DVD rather than the CD? Although, I like the idea of installing the applications I want without having a lot of other applications that I don't use.

I've created a USB boot drive from the 6.7 CD.

Looking for weasels or foxes.

[klaus2008]

Hi, Denver Dave!

I forgot to write how the Iceweasel web browser could be installed. I do it in a terminal with the commands

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -t testing install iceweasel

The Knoppix V6.7.0 CD has Chromium web browser as default browser, but Knoppix V6.7.1 CD comes with Iceweasel.

Greetings

[Denver Dave]

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates Release.gpg [836 B]
Ign http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates/main Translation-en

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Get:35 http://ftp.de.debian.org stable-updates/contrib i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:36 http://ftp.de.debian.org stable-updates/non-free i386 Packages [14 B]
Fetched 24.0 MB in 1min 29s (269 kB/s)
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# sudo apt-get -t testing install iceweasel
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#

= = = =
Maybe I need to get the 6.7.1 disk and maybe the DVD? I'm just trying to learn how knoppix works with regard to adding applications.

[klaus2008]

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

I think that you are running two or more package management programs simultaneously. You have to close Synaptic package management before you issue the first apt-get command.

[Denver Dave]

, I believe I shut everything down and rebooted for good measure. Results do look different

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Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable-updates/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org stable-updates/main i386 Packages
Fetched 20.3 kB in 7s (2561 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# sudo apt-get -t testing install iceweasel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
iceweasel : Depends: xulrunner-8.0 (>= 8.0-3) but it is not going to be installed
keepnote : Depends: python-glade2 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

= = = =
At least knoppix is trying to install.

.... seems like i've seen python-glade 2 before ....

Sorry about the long list below, I'm not sur be what might be important:

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# apt-get install python python-gtk2 python-glade2 libgtk2.0-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python-gtk2 is already the newest version.
python-gtk2 set to manually installed.
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gimp : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
hplip : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
libgtk2.0-dev : Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (= 2.20.1-2) but 2.24.5-3 is to be installed
Depends: libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.23.6) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.20) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libatk1.0-dev (>= 1.29.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcairo2-dev (>= 1.6.4-6.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libx11-dev (>= 2:1.0.0-6) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxext-dev (>= 1:1.0.1-2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxinerama-dev (>= 1:1.0.1-4.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxi-dev (>= 1:1.0.1-4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxrandr-dev (>= 1:1.2.99) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxcursor-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxfixes-dev (>= 1:3.0.0-3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxcomposite-dev (>= 1:0.2.0-3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxdamage-dev (>= 1:1.0.1-3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: pkg-config but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxml2-utils but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: debhelper but it is not going to be installed
python : Depends: python2.7 (>= 2.7.2-3~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-minimal (= 2.7.2-9) but 2.6.6-14 is to be installed
python-brlapi : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-cairo : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-compizconfig : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-cups : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-dbus : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-gconf : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-glade2 : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-gnome2 : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-gobject : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-gtk2 : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-imaging : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-numpy : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-pyorbit : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
python-uno : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-9 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#

... so far have not started up synaptic again.

...whew

[Denver Dave]

Tried this again after the keepnote attempt:

just this command

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# sudo apt-get -t testing install icewease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package icewease
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#

[klaus2008]

With the Knoppix V6.7.0 Live-CD I did the following.

My first step was to download keepnote_0.7.6-1_all.deb from the web page mentioned earlier in the other thread. I opened a terminal and issued

sudo dpkg -i /home/knoppix/Downloads/keepnote_0.7.6-1_all.deb

I got an error message concerning dependency issues. Many packages are updated since the release date of Knoppix V6.7.0. Therefore it is no wonder that you have to upgrade more packages than you can imagine.
After some attempts I found the minimum of packages to be updated in order to be able to install the keepnote package.
In the terminal I issued

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -t testing install python-glade2 python-gtk2 python-numpy python-gnome2 libc6 locales python-gconf libc-bin libc6-dev libc-dev-bin gcc-4.6 libmpfr4 libquadmath0 libgomp1 libgcc1 cpp-4.6 gcc-4.6-base multiarch-support libgfortran3 libstdc++6

I got an error message about the running screensaver and another one about a serious problem concerning UNIONFS. My solution is to switch over to the console 1 and issue the following commands. (Because the graphical desktop environment will be terminated be sure that you do not have any other important program running.)

Usually you can change to the console 1 with the command

sudo chvt 1

in the terminal or by pressing the three keys Ctrl-Alt-F1 simultaneously.

The commands I issued in the console were

init 2
chroot /UNIONFS/
dpkg -a --configure
apt-get -t testing -f install
exit
init 5

I was back in the desktop environment. Then I issued

sudo apt-get -t testing install iceweasel

Afterwards I found the menu item "Iceweasel" in the "Internet" menu.

I hope this helps.