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#21 2018-03-12 17:24:06

PackRat
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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

Not at all.

Follow that guide and make a new user. Make sure Firefox and everything is actually working.

You must unlearn what you have learned.
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#22 2018-03-12 17:28:58

pozric
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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

Ok thanks to all of you. This forum is great.

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#23 2018-03-12 20:15:00

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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

PackRat wrote:

That first line is suspicious

****ing good catch! I completely missed that... :8

@OP: your home folder is owned by root, that's not good.

Try this:

sudo chown "${USER}:${USER}" "/home/${USER}"

Para todos todo, para nosotros nada

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#24 2018-03-12 21:04:15

pozric
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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
PackRat wrote:

That first line is suspicious

****ing good catch! I completely missed that... :8

@OP: your home folder is owned by root, that's not good.

Try this:

sudo chown "${USER}:${USER}" "/home/${USER}"

Hello that worked, damn so I have done something wrong with permissions without knowing what I have done!! So it is dangerous?

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#25 2018-03-12 21:08:42

pozric
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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

Now its 

ls -la ~
total 508
drwxr-xr-x 56 username username   4096 Mar 12 21:54 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root        root    4096 Mar 21  2016 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root        root    3719 Mar 25  2016 agu.log

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#26 2018-03-12 21:29:50

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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

pozric wrote:

I have done something wrong with permissions without knowing what I have done!!

So it would appear.

Do you often open the file manager as root?

Is there a parrot in the house? 8o

Para todos todo, para nosotros nada

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#27 2018-03-12 21:35:44

pozric
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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
pozric wrote:

I have done something wrong with permissions without knowing what I have done!!

So it would appear.

Do you often open the file manager as root?

Is there a parrot in the house? 8o

No I dont, not often I have but not that often.

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#28 2018-03-12 21:50:56

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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

Well, it's easy to make mistakes, try to use root as little as possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle … _privilege

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#29 2018-03-12 21:56:55

pozric
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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

Oh mistakes I do all the time, I try not to but it seems I cant help myself and yes definitely I will follow your advice.

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#30 2018-03-12 22:43:18

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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

pozric wrote:
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
PackRat wrote:

That first line is suspicious

****ing good catch! I completely missed that... :8

@OP: your home folder is owned by root, that's not good.

Try this:

sudo chown "${USER}:${USER}" "/home/${USER}"

Hello that worked, damn so I have done something wrong with permissions without knowing what I have done!! So it is dangerous?

Good it worked; that's what I figured happened to your user account, but wanted to verify firefox and your system in general was working first.

As far as being dangerous, anytime you doing system administration with sudo there is risk, just have to keep your wits about you.

Once you're satified everything is working, please mark the thread as solved.

You must unlearn what you have learned.
    -- yoda

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#31 2018-03-12 23:15:36

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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

pozric wrote:

Hi I installed from terminal sudo apt install firefox-esr and here is the output.

ls -la ~
total 504
drwxr-xr-x 55 root        root          4096 Mar 11 21:45 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root        root          4096 Mar 21  2016 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root        root          3719 Mar 25  2016 agu.log
drwx------  2 username username   4096 Feb 16 10:57 .aptitude
drwxr-xr-x  4 username username   4096 Feb 26 20:08 .audacity-data
-rw-r--r--  1 username username      0 Jul 11  2015 .bash_aliases
-rw-------  1 username username  31608 Mar 11 21:44 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--  1 username username    220 Mar 21  2016 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--  1 username username   3515 Mar 21  2016 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x  4 username username   4096 Mar 11 17:20 bin
-rw-r--r--  1 root        root          3140 Jul 11  2015 BunsenLabs-RELEASE.asc
drwxr-xr-x 24 username username   4096 Mar 11 15:31 .cache
drwxr-xr-x  6 username username   4096 Nov 30 05:59 .clamtk
drwxr-xr-x 72 username username   4096 Mar  2 17:07 .config
-rw-r--r--  1 username username   5121 Dec 23  2015 .conkyrc
drwx------  3 username username   4096 Mar 21  2016 .dbus
-rw-r--r--  1 username username     55 Mar 21  2016 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x  9 username username   4096 Mar  9 00:38 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 18 username username   4096 Mar 10 20:33 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 14 username username   4096 Nov  1 07:51 Dust An Elysian Tail
-rwxr-xr-x  1 username username    269 Dec 11 21:12 Dust.desktop
-rw-r--r--  1 username username    341 Apr  9  2016 .easyMP3Gain
drwxr-xr-x  8 username username   4096 Aug 18  2016 .flowblade
lrwxrwxrwx  1 username username     18 Mar 21  2016 .fonts -> .local/share/fonts
drwx------  4 username username   4096 Mar 11 15:21 .gconf
drwxr-xr-x 24 username username   4096 Jan 25 16:47 .gimp-2.8
-rw-r-----  1 username username      0 Mar 11 21:44 .gksu.lock
-rw-r--r--  1 username username   1326 Mar 11 22:13 .gmrun_history
-rw-r--r--  1 username username    404 Jul 11  2015 .gmrunrc
drwx------  3 username username   4096 May 31  2016 .gnome
drwx------  3 username username   4096 Mar 23  2016 .gnome2
drwx------  2 username username   4096 Mar 23  2016 .gnome2_private
drwx------  2 username username   4096 Mar 25  2016 .gnupg
drwx------  2 username username   4096 Apr 20  2016 .gphoto
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Jan 26 02:59 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-r--r--  1 username username    606 Mar  7 22:08 .gtk-bookmarks
drwxr-xr-x  3 username username   4096 Dec  5 10:24 .gtkpod
-rw-r--r--  1 username username    574 Nov 15  2015 .gtkrc-2.0
-rw-r--r--  1 username username    384 Nov 15  2015 .gtkrc-2.0.mine
lrwxrwxrwx  1 username username     18 Mar 21  2016 .icons -> .local/share/icons
-rw-rw-r--  1 username username     84 Mar  8  2017 .install4j
drwxr-xr-x  5 username username   4096 Dec  5 08:10 iTunes_Control
drwxr-xr-x  4 username username   4096 Mar 23  2016 .java
drwxr-xr-x 17 username username   4096 Mar  9 18:35 jd2
drwx------  3 username username   4096 Jul 17  2016 .kde
drwxr-xr-x  5 username username   4096 Jul 17  2016 kdenlive
drwxr-xr-x  4 username username   4096 Nov 28 23:44 .lastpass
drwxr-xr-x  3 username username   4096 Mar 21  2016 .local
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Mar  8  2017 .matchbox
-rw-r--r--  1 username username      0 Mar  1  2017 mcelog.out
-rw-r--r--  1 root        root          3507 Oct  2 22:58 md5sum.txt.asc
drwxr-xr-x  3 username username   4096 Mar  8 17:33 .mono
drwx------  4 username username   4096 Jan 16 11:41 .moonchild productions
drwxr-xr-x  3 username username   4096 Jun 25  2016 .mpd
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Dec 12 04:34 .mplayer
drwxr-xr-x  3 username username   4096 Oct 11 01:02 Music
drwx------  3 username username   4096 Mar  1  2017 .nv
-rw-r--r--  1 username username   1643 Feb  4 20:49 .nvidia-settings-rc
drwxr-x---  6 username username   4096 Aug 18  2016 .openshot
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Mar  7  2017 .oracle_jre_usage
drwxr-xr-x 19 root        root          4096 Dec 10 00:41 oss
-rw-r--r--  1 username username     98 Jul 11  2015 .pbuilderrc
drwxr-xr-x  6 username username   4096 Nov 12 21:12 Pictures
drwx------  3 username username   4096 Mar 29  2016 .pki
drwxr-xr-x 13 username username   4096 Dec  6 04:55 .PlayOnLinux
lrwxrwxrwx  1 username username     43 Mar 23  2016 PlayOnLinux's virtual drives -> /home/username/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/
-rw-r--r--  1 username username    857 Jul 11  2015 .profile
-rw-r--r--  1 username username    675 Mar 21  2016 .profile~2016-03-21T19:38:14~
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Mar 21  2016 Public
-rw-r--r--  1 username username   1110 Jan 26 00:47 Release.key
-rw-r--r--  1 root        root          1110 Sep 28  2016 Release.key.1
-rw-r--r--  1 root        root          1110 Sep 28  2016 Release.key.2
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Mar  1  2017 .screenlayout
drwxr-xr-x  4 username username   4096 Oct  6 17:20 Soulseek Chat Logs
drwxr-xr-x  3 username username   4096 Jul  2  2016 .SoulseekQt
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Aug 16  2016 soundKonverter
drwx------  2 username username   4096 Mar 22  2016 .ssh
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Mar 21  2016 Templates
-rw-r--r--  1 root        root           871 Jan 17  2017 test_results
lrwxrwxrwx  1 username username     19 Mar 21  2016 .themes -> .local/share/themes
drwxr-xr-x  3 username username   4096 Jan 25 16:24 .thumbnails
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Feb 21 09:20 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Mar 21  2016 Videos
drwxr-xr-x  3 username username   4096 Jan 16 22:03 VirtualBox VMs
drwxr-xr-x  2 username username   4096 Apr  8  2016 .winff
-rw-------  1 username username    113 Mar 11 15:21 .Xauthority
drwx------  2 username username   4096 Mar  1  2017 .xpra
-rw-r--r--  1 username username   2715 Jul 11  2015 .Xresources
-rw-------  1 username username 132661 Dec  8 22:15 .xsession-errors.old
-rw-r--r--  1 username username    516 Sep  8  2015 .xsessionrc
-rw-r--r--  1 username username    171 Feb 27  2017 .xvkbd

Did the files on this list owned by root get changed over to your username? If not, do you need them to be owned by you instead of root?

You must unlearn what you have learned.
    -- yoda

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#32 2018-03-13 17:20:55

ohnonot
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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

pozric wrote:

I have done something wrong with permissions without knowing what I have done!! So it is dangerous?

yes, that is always dangerous.
big_smile

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#33 2018-03-13 22:15:05

pozric
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Re: [SOLVED] I deleted my .mozilla folder and now i cant install it again

Hi and yes the thread is solved.

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