[vox-tech] Installing Firefox in Kubuntu

[Bruce Wolk]

Alex Mandel wrote:
> Bruce Wolk wrote:
>> I'm a long time Gentoo user who is experimenting with Kubuntu 7.04 on an
>>  old Althon-XP box.  The system installed without a glitch, but I can't
>> seem to install additional software.  The add/remove facility shows
>> Firefox in the list, but it is greyed out and I have found no way to
>> ungrey it.  I tried using apt-get install firefox via the command line,
>> but this gives a "Package firefox is not available" error.  Googling
>> hasn't helped.  Any suggestions?
>>
>> Bruce
> 
> Firefox is installed by default. If you don't see an icon on the Kde bar
> at the bottom try opening a terminal and running firefox.
> 
> If for some odd reason you're running an odd duck version, try turning
> on the additional repositories which involves uncommenting some lines in
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> Note you'll need an internet connection on the box to use them.
> 
> Otherwise this handy page usually answers/solves the basics
> http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty
> 
> Alex

It clearly isn't installed.  I downloaded the ISO for the desktop 
version from a standard mirror site.  The universe and multiverse 
repositories are all uncommented, so it can't be that. A lot of other 
programs are greyed out as well. Very strange.