Difference between revisions of "Waterfox"
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| − | === after update - libmozsqlite3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory === | + | === after update 6.5.2 - libmozsqlite3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory === |
Happens right after update to version 6.5.2. The update fails on Ubuntu/Mint Linux. The waterfox browser updater breaks the web browser. | Happens right after update to version 6.5.2. The update fails on Ubuntu/Mint Linux. The waterfox browser updater breaks the web browser. | ||
error while loading shared libraries: libmozsqlite3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory | error while loading shared libraries: libmozsqlite3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory | ||
Even though libmozsqlite3.so is present in the waterfox directory because it is part of waterfox and firefox for that matter. | Even though libmozsqlite3.so is present in the waterfox directory because it is part of waterfox and firefox for that matter. | ||
| − | No mention of the problem the developers created in their updater. No support available nor mention of it on their web site, blog, nor on their github. You're on your own. Your bookmarks and data are in ~/.waterfox so back all that up before proceeding. Then rm -rf your waterfox directory and reinstall from the latest bz2 file they offer. | + | No mention of the problem the developers created in their updater. No support available nor mention of it on their web site, blog, nor on their github. You're on your own. Your bookmarks and data are in ~/.waterfox so back all that up before proceeding. Then rm -rf your waterfox directory and reinstall from the latest bz2 file they offer. After you have extracted waterfox the browser should find your ~/.waterfox preferences and bookmarks and things will continue as normal, however, the backup is just in case something goes wrong. |
Revision as of 18:06, 26 November 2024
A web browser that works great until one day the built in auto updater breaks it.
troubleshooting
Happens right after update to version 6.5.2. The update fails on Ubuntu/Mint Linux. The waterfox browser updater breaks the web browser.
error while loading shared libraries: libmozsqlite3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Even though libmozsqlite3.so is present in the waterfox directory because it is part of waterfox and firefox for that matter.
No mention of the problem the developers created in their updater. No support available nor mention of it on their web site, blog, nor on their github. You're on your own. Your bookmarks and data are in ~/.waterfox so back all that up before proceeding. Then rm -rf your waterfox directory and reinstall from the latest bz2 file they offer. After you have extracted waterfox the browser should find your ~/.waterfox preferences and bookmarks and things will continue as normal, however, the backup is just in case something goes wrong.
