firefox 135 32bit-no sound-system is 64bit

[CharlesV]

You might be better off to use mx package Installer to install the latest firefox.

You also might be able to uninstall firefox in mx package manager too. search for firefox, change to the enabled repos tab find where it shows firefox is installed, check it and then uninstall.

Not sure why your not seeing anything on the sudo apt... it should prompt for your password and if you entered it correctly (and your user has sudo rights), then it should then do the uninstall.

[Eadwine Rose]

And when you type in the password nothing will show. If that is what is being spoken of.

[Stuart_M]

You might be better off to use mx package Installer to install the latest firefox.

You also might be able to uninstall firefox in mx package manager too. search for firefox, change to the enabled repos tab find where it shows firefox is installed, check it and then uninstall.

Not sure why your not seeing anything on the sudo apt... it should prompt for your password and if you entered it correctly (and your user has sudo rights), then it should then do the uninstall.

Sorry CharlesV, none of that is going to help in this case because user "Seeker" is using MX-19.4 as stated in his Posts #1 and #4. MX-19 only has Firefox 127.0.2 as the latest version. And that 127.0.2 version is no longer even available in MX-19.4, at least not in the testing I have done using two MX-19 repositories (Alblasserdam, NL and Salt Lake City, UT) in two different MX-19 installations. MXPI will not even update the MXPI listing (using the same two different repositories) in testing just now.

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In my testing there was no need to uninstall Firefox, just install the updated Debian file and it will write over the old Firefox in /opt/firefox/. It works perfectly fine, at least for me.

To install the newer Firefox Debian file, right-click on the Debian file and choose either the first (top) or last (bottom) "Install Deb Files" Thunar Custom Action. The bottom "Install Deb Files" option will install using the Terminal and the top Debian installation custom action will open a GUI window to install (the same GUI window will appear if you double-click the .deb file). You want the 64-bit Firefox file so ensure that the ending of that Debiain file is ...amd64.deb. The problem you had earlier is you installed the 32-bit version, and that ends in i386.deb which is NOT the file to use.

I made two posts about installing the latest Firefox version in MX-19.4 Xfce just a few days ago. One was specifically for you. Both gave clear and detailed information on how to do this.

The two posts are listed below. Please read/study them.

• viewtopic.php?p=810026#p810026
  Title "Updating Firefox in MX-19", my post #6 dated 14 February 2025.
  This post contains a Screenshow of what may happen on the first launch of Firefox after the new version is installed.
• viewtopic.php?p=810065#p810065
  This is the thread you created on 7 February 2025, titled "need help upgrading from 19.4 by fresh install". This link will open on my Post #17, made 14 February 2025, which details exactly how to install the newer Firefox version.

[CharlesV]

you are correct. my apologies.. I saw mx21 and didnt check further.

[Seeker]

thanks all. to stuart m: when I right click on the 64bit version (in my downloads folder--er, directory) I put in my admin password after the box appears that asks for it, but then in the install window I get message that there is a conflict with the existing 32 bit version that I had mistakenly installed (which seems to work fine but does not play the audio of videos). and the install button does not "light up". so I have first to uninstall the 32bit bugger. Problem is: when I go to xfce terminal emulator window, I try to type in my admin password and nothing appears on the screen. what to do?

[DukeComposed]

Problem is: when I go to xfce terminal emulator window, I try to type in my admin password and nothing appears on the screen. what to do?

Is this a problem? Do you have pwfeedback turned on in /etc/sudoers? and sudo still is failing? You test this by running "sudo whoami" and confirming that it says root:

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$ whoami
demo
$ sudo whoami
root

If you can still elevate to root, it doesn't really matter if your password shows up on the screen when you type or not.

[Stuart_M]

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Problem is: when I go to xfce terminal emulator window, I try to type in my admin password and nothing appears on the screen. what to do?

So does that mean that you "tried" to enter your password and since nothing was appearing on the screen as you typed your password that you just gave up and determined that nothing is happening?

Or did you enter your password and, even though nothing is appearing on the screen as you type, you continued to enter your password and then finish by pressing the "Enter" key?

"Eadwine Rose" addressed this very concern of yours in her Post #12 above, which was in reference to your earlier Post #10.

[Seeker]

hi stuart: here is my situation with xfce terminal emulator and inability to do sudo apt remove firefox:
mesblvd@moach:~
$ sudo apt remove firefox
[sudo] password for mesblvd: [here I typed in my pword, noting showed on screen, I then hit Enter]
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for mesblvd:

[Seeker]

I used my admin password, which worked in the dialogue box when I right-clicked on the FF file to install it and got response that there is conflict with existing FF. So, I have to remove FF and I am getting very frustrated with MX

[Eadwine Rose]

You use the user password when using sudo.