When I try to update Google Gears (through automatic updates) from
0.5.32.0 to 0.5.33.0, I get the following error message:
"Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
author of this item about the problem.
My browser/OS:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.15) Gecko/2009102815
Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.15 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:28 AM, MrM <j...@merhar.si> wrote:
> When I try to update Google Gears (through automatic updates) from > 0.5.32.0 to 0.5.33.0, I get the following error message:
> "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the > author of this item about the problem.
> My browser/OS: > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.15) Gecko/2009102815 > Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.15 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
> Fixed it by reinstalling Gears. I went tohttp://gears.google.comand > clicked on the link in "Click here to re-install."
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:28 AM, MrM <j...@merhar.si> wrote:
> > When I try to update Google Gears (through automatic updates) from
> > 0.5.32.0 to 0.5.33.0, I get the following error message:
> > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > author of this item about the problem.
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 5:27 AM, MrM <j...@merhar.si> wrote:
> It didn't work for me. After reinstalling, my Google Gears version is > still 0.5.32.0.
> On Nov 5, 11:46 pm, Dallas Vogels <dvog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Fixed it by reinstalling Gears. I went tohttp://gears.google.comand > > clicked on the link in "Click here to re-install."
> > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:28 AM, MrM <j...@merhar.si> wrote:
> > > When I try to update Google Gears (through automatic updates) from > > > 0.5.32.0 to 0.5.33.0, I get the following error message:
> > > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible > > > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the > > > author of this item about the problem.
"Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
author of this item about the problem.
Bump
Ubuntu 9.04 / FF 3.0.15
"Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
author of this item about the problem.
On Nov 9, 8:07 am, Rick Richardson <rickr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> author of this item about the problem.
What does Gears require to be compatible with my Linux system?
If you'd like to run the Gears for Firefox on a Linux (32-bit)
platform, please make sure your system has glibc 2.3.5 or higher and
libstdc++6 (Gears 0.3) or libstdc++5 (Gears pre-0.3).
--------
OK. i've got libstdc++6 installed, but glibc? searching for glibc my
package manager shows only glibc-doc and glibc-source. maybe they
mean libc6? (mine is at 2.7-10) described as the GNU C Library:
Shared Libraries.
> Bump
> Ubuntu 9.04 / FF 3.0.15
> "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> author of this item about the problem.
> On Nov 9, 8:07 am, Rick Richardson <rickr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Reinstalled. No dice.
> > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > author of this item about the problem.
> Bump
> Ubuntu 9.04 / FF 3.0.15
> "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> author of this item about the problem.
> On Nov 9, 8:07 am, Rick Richardson <rickr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Reinstalled. No dice.
> > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > author of this item about the problem.
Are there 2 different installs that call themselves 0.5.32.0? When
I uninstalled Google Gears 0.5.32.0, restarted my browser and visited
gears.google.com and clicked the install link, I saw it download 3.5MB
and when the browser restarted, it had 0.5.32.0, but suggested I ought
to update to 0.5.33.0. I told it to go ahead, but it looked like the
second time it downloaded something that was only 2.7MB and still
called itself 0.5.32.0, but that gives that "not compatible" pop-up
that has been mentioned here so many times.
Is this group the best way to contact the gears support folks or are
we just talking among ourselves? "Please contact the author of the
item about the problem" is certainly a vexing part of the pop-up's
message.
Drew
On Nov 12, 12:57 am, Steel_J <jeanf.ouelle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I too have the same Firefox version and the same error every time it
> tries to update itself.
> Damn annoying since I cannot seem to stop it from popping a least 2-3
> of these message a day.
> On Nov 9, 10:48 pm, dundeemt <dunde...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Bump
> > Ubuntu 9.04 / FF 3.0.15
> > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > author of this item about the problem.
> > On Nov 9, 8:07 am, Rick Richardson <rickr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Reinstalled. No dice.
> > > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > > author of this item about the problem.
> I too have the same Firefox version and the same error every time it
> tries to update itself.
> Damn annoying since I cannot seem to stop it from popping a least 2-3
> of these message a day.
> On Nov 9, 10:48 pm, dundeemt <dunde...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Bump
> > Ubuntu 9.04 / FF 3.0.15
> > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > author of this item about the problem.
> > On Nov 9, 8:07 am, Rick Richardson <rickr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Reinstalled. No dice.
> > > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > > author of this item about the problem.
> On Nov 12, 12:57 am, Steel_J <jeanf.ouelle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I too have the same Firefox version and the same error every time it
> > tries to update itself.
> > Damn annoying since I cannot seem to stop it from popping a least 2-3
> > of these message a day.
> > On Nov 9, 10:48 pm, dundeemt <dunde...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Bump
> > > Ubuntu 9.04 / FF 3.0.15
> > > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > > author of this item about the problem.
> > > On Nov 9, 8:07 am, Rick Richardson <rickr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Reinstalled. No dice.
> > > > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > > > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > > > author of this item about the problem.
As far as I can tell there is no Gears version 0.5.33. The latest
version of Gears is
0.5.32 and there's no update available.
I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 with Firefox 3.5.6pre (currently) and was
seeing this same
problem. I had installed Gears by installing the 0.5.32 .xpi file via
the Gears
website. But for some reason, Gears 0.5.32 was also installed via the
Synaptic
package manager. This is a separate install from the .xpi file found
on the Gears
website and appeared to have been causing the problem. I removed Gears
via the
package manager and the problem disappeared. This *did not* remove the
Gears
extension from Firefox.
My guess is that a conflict was caused by the system attempting to
install Gears into
Firefox when the latest version was already installed via an
extension.
I don't know what other ditros use for a package manager but I would
suggest checking
to see if your version of Linux already has Gears installed as a
package and if so,
remove it and use the "official" .xpi version of the Gears website.
This way will
guarantee regular updates which you may not get via the repositories.
HTH
On Nov 13, 2:11 pm, te <troyen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 12, 12:57 am, Steel_J <jeanf.ouelle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I too have the same Firefox version and the same error every time it
> > > tries to update itself.
> > > Damn annoying since I cannot seem to stop it from popping a least 2-3
> > > of these message a day.
> > > On Nov 9, 10:48 pm, dundeemt <dunde...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Bump
> > > > Ubuntu 9.04 / FF 3.0.15
> > > > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > > > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > > > author of this item about the problem.
> > > > On Nov 9, 8:07 am, Rick Richardson <rickr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Reinstalled. No dice.
> > > > > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> > > > > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the
> > > > > author of this item about the problem.
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