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  • Need Help Getting WaterFox To Run

    From Dr. Noah Bodie@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 30 14:04:58 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    I downloaded WaterFox from their web site (NOT from the repo) and when I
    try to run it from inside its folder with the command ./waterfox I get
    this error message:

    XPCOMGlueLoad error for file "libnspr4.so"

    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

    "libc.so.6" version 'GLIBC_2.30' not found (required by "libnspr4.so")

    Couldn't load XPCOM.

    How can I fix this?

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  • From Johnny@21:1/5 to Dr. Noah Bodie on Sun Jan 30 12:16:47 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 14:04:58 -0400
    "Dr. Noah Bodie" <noah@bodie.not> wrote:

    I downloaded WaterFox from their web site (NOT from the repo) and
    when I try to run it from inside its folder with the command
    ./waterfox I get this error message:

    XPCOMGlueLoad error for file "libnspr4.so"

    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

    "libc.so.6" version 'GLIBC_2.30' not found (required by "libnspr4.so")

    Couldn't load XPCOM.

    How can I fix this?


    The easiest way to install it, is to to get the .deb package.

    https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Ahawkeye116477%3Awaterfox&package=waterfox-g4-kpe

    Or you could use MX Linux and get it from the repository.

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  • From Dr. Noah Bodie@21:1/5 to Johnny on Sun Jan 30 14:40:52 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 01/30/2022 02:16 PM, Johnny wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 14:04:58 -0400
    "Dr. Noah Bodie" <noah@bodie.not> wrote:

    I downloaded WaterFox from their web site (NOT from the repo) and
    when I try to run it from inside its folder with the command
    ./waterfox I get this error message:

    XPCOMGlueLoad error for file "libnspr4.so"

    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

    "libc.so.6" version 'GLIBC_2.30' not found (required by "libnspr4.so")

    Couldn't load XPCOM.

    How can I fix this?


    The easiest way to install it, is to to get the .deb package.

    https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Ahawkeye116477%3Awaterfox&package=waterfox-g4-kpe

    Or you could use MX Linux and get it from the repository.

    Get which from the repo, WaterFox? or just the library I need?

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  • From Andrei Z.@21:1/5 to Dr. Noah Bodie on Sun Jan 30 21:48:06 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:
    I downloaded WaterFox from their web site (NOT from the repo) and when I
    try to run it from inside its folder with the command ./waterfox I get
    this error message:

    XPCOMGlueLoad error for file "libnspr4.so"

    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

    "libc.so.6" version 'GLIBC_2.30' not found (required by "libnspr4.so")

    Couldn't load XPCOM.

    How can I fix this?

    Ubuntu – Details of package libc6 in focal-updates https://packages.ubuntu.com/en/focal-updates/libc6
    Package: libc6 (2.31-0ubuntu9.2)

    Ubuntu – Details of package libc6 in bionic-updates https://packages.ubuntu.com/en/bionic-updates/libc6
    Package: libc6 (2.27-3ubuntu1.4)

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  • From Mike Easter@21:1/5 to Dr. Noah Bodie on Sun Jan 30 10:50:46 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:
    Get which from the repo, WaterFox? or just the library I need?

    The link Johnny provided gives you access to either a repo or a .deb for
    the Ub version which corresponds to your Mint, which is 20.04. I would
    use that, not chase a library.

    What I see at the waterfox site is a tar.bz2; what I see from Ub is
    wanting users to use snap, which I don't like and which Mint does not
    enable in the default.

    The advantage of adding the repo is integration w/ the dev updating and
    the page has advice about the apt updating and the key business.

    So, IF I were wanting to use the Waterfox of hawkeye, I would add the
    repo and the key.



    --
    Mike Easter

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  • From Big Al@21:1/5 to this is what Dr. Noah Bodie on Sun Jan 30 15:06:20 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 1/30/22 13:04, this is what Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:
    I downloaded WaterFox from their web site (NOT from the repo) and when I try to run it from inside its folder with the command ./waterfox I
    get this error message:

    XPCOMGlueLoad error for file "libnspr4.so"

    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

    "libc.so.6" version 'GLIBC_2.30' not found (required by "libnspr4.so")

    Couldn't load XPCOM.

    How can I fix this?

    I downloaded the tar ball and uncompressed it and the ./waterfox works.
    I put it in a folder in .local (for lack of another place) and made a launcher on my desktop. That launcher I put into
    ~/.local/share/applications. As soon as I did that, waterfox showed on the menu. And it updates automatically for me. No ppa or deb
    used. I was surprised. Note my version of Linux below, YMMV.

    If you just want to manually make your waterfox.desktop, copy these likes with a text editor. Then put the file in ./local.....
    ~/.local/waterfox/browser/chrome/icons/default

    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=Waterfox
    Exec=/home/alan/.local/waterfox/waterfox %u
    Comment=Waterfox Browser Launcher
    Terminal=false
    Icon=/home/alan/.icons/Icons/waterfox.png
    Type=Application MimeType=application/pdf;application/rdf+xml;application/rss+xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xhtml_xml;application/xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;image/webp;text/html;text/xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
    Categories=Network;WebBrowser;

    --
    Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.2 64bit, Dell Inspiron 5570 laptop
    Quad Core i7-8550U, 16G Memory, 512G SSD, 750G & 1TB HDDs

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  • From Dr. Noah Bodie@21:1/5 to Andrei Z. on Sun Jan 30 16:41:43 2022
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 01/30/2022 02:48 PM, Andrei Z. wrote:
    Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:
    I downloaded WaterFox from their web site (NOT from the repo) and when
    I try to run it from inside its folder with the command ./waterfox I
    get this error message:

    XPCOMGlueLoad error for file "libnspr4.so"

    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

    "libc.so.6" version 'GLIBC_2.30' not found (required by "libnspr4.so")

    Couldn't load XPCOM.

    How can I fix this?

    Ubuntu – Details of package libc6 in focal-updates https://packages.ubuntu.com/en/focal-updates/libc6
    Package: libc6 (2.31-0ubuntu9.2)

    Ubuntu – Details of package libc6 in bionic-updates https://packages.ubuntu.com/en/bionic-updates/libc6
    Package: libc6 (2.27-3ubuntu1.4)

    Thanx for the links. I got the library file (2.31) I needed and
    everything is good to go. :-D

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