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[SOLVED] Firefox won't update, error "failed to download package" (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by klu9@lemmy.ca to c/linuxmint@programming.dev

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1127010

Everything else involving the internet, including updating other packages, works fine.

But updating Firefox always fails, with the following error:

Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/upstream/f/firefox/firefox_141.0.2%%2blinuxmint1%%2bxia_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 208.77.20.19 80]

Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/upstream/f/firefox/firefox-locale-en_141.0.2%%2blinuxmint1%%2bxia_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 208.77.20.19 80]

Any ideas how to fix this?

Turns out it was as simple as

sudo apt update

and then runnning Mint Update again. Now Firefox and whole system up to date.

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

have you tried using mozilla's apt repository?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions-recommended

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Thanks, fixed it by just doing sudo apt update and trying again.