Pale Moon forum

For some reason I cannot install PM to LL 5.0 from the command line. I have been successful with previous series, but now when I try I get various error messages. Has the method changed? Almost all methods seem to be out of date.

Download, extract and run.

At the very least if you are asking for help and get error messages, post the error messages.
We don't have crystal balls or cameras in your home so we can magically see your screen.

I think pale moon is in the linux lite repos.

Moonchild wrote: ↑

2020-06-03, 09:40

At the very least if you are asking for help and get error messages, post the error messages.
We don't have crystal balls or cameras in your home so we can magically see your screen.

Yeah, I should know better. Sorry about that.
I am "distro hopping" and have already moved on to MX Linux, which makes adding PM easy, No idea why some distros make you jump through hoops. I know PM does not have the following that some browsers do, but LL (which I like otherwise) makes it especially hard. Since, as it has been pointed out, users spend more time on their browsers that any other software program, that one thing can put one off a distro.

Moonraker wrote: ↑

2020-06-03, 13:44

I think pale moon is in the linux lite repos.

Not anywhere I could find.

Since LL is based on Ubuntu, follow the instructions to add the OBS repo and key I maintain for Ubuntu and Debian. The Net says the very latest LL 5.0 is based on 20.04, and the previous version on 18.04. Be careful to copy and paste the generated code for the correct release, people have done that for the wrong version before...

I'm also the MX Linux packager, BTW, so the packages should be essentially the same. (that doesn't mean they are interchangeable between distros--compiling from the source makes them bespoke for each release)

You could also suggest that LL add Pale Moon to their repos, as it doesn't take that long to build from source--a small fraction of the time that Chromium-based browsers take, for example.

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I've added your repository in the past. I've never had a problem with it with several Linux distros , but LL 5.0 (and 4.8) for some reason will not cooperate. Your suggestion of suggesting that LL add it to their repository. is good. I'll follow up on that.

Alternatively, if you wish, you can download the package from http://linux.palemoon.org/download/mainline/ and extract it using tar in some user writable location and then run the palemoon file inside. Choice is yours!

Also, you need to be concrete in telling us what exactly are you doing and what errors or behaviour you are encountering. Unless we have enough details, we can only give suggestions which may or may not apply to you.

nevadacrab wrote: ↑

2020-06-04, 03:45

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I've added your repository in the past. I've never had a problem with it with several Linux distros , but LL 5.0 (and 4.8) for some reason will not cooperate. ...

It's probably some simple problem for LL, but we can't begin to fix that without some sort of information.

FWIW, I just started up the LL 5.0 iso in a Live session in gnome-boxes on my MX Linux host, and copypasted the directions to add the OBS repo and its key there, then installed Pale Moon without any problems.

So I'm sorta inclined to think PEBKAC, unless it's a Net issue on your end.

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I think part of the problem is there are varied instructions on how to add your repository. I may have mucked up my copy of LL. As I said, I have had no problems with LL in the past.

It well may have been an ID 10 T error.

Varied instructions? Well, post the ones you're using, the version of LL, and I'll tell you if they're good.

The instructions that the OBS provides do work--those are the ones I copypasted in the LL live session.

These ones for LL 5.0, for example:

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By "varied instructions" I mean the instructions for various types of Debian and Ubuntu.
I installed MX Linux on my "experimental" laptop, but I may set up LL on a dual boot, and run the instructions you provided. Thanks for your patience.

Well, I do provide the repo for various releases of Ubuntu and Debian, and the instructions have to be different for each different release. But it's just a matter of copying and pasting the instructions that the OBS generates for your particular release, taking care to copypaste the correct ones. https://software.opensuse.org//download ... e=palemoon

Yes, we made it extra easy to install Pale Moon in MX Linux, but that's our whole schtick. LL could also do it, but it takes some extra effort one way or another.

SUCCESS! Thank you again.