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Hello all I just started running Linux Mint and I’m trying to install LibreWolf. I ran the commands I was told on the website but it fails every time am I doing something wrong? And how do I fix it thanks!

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[–] Pacrat173@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I tried that but it seems to get stuck on the loading screen saying Generating cache, one moment please I’m not sure if it’s just slow or if something is wrong

[–] Pacrat173@lemmy.ml 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I take that back I don’t know what I done to fix it but it’s working now

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 5 months ago

It may be worth checking to ensure that your repo mirrors are set to the best ones for your location. This can be done via the update manager.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago

You either added their apt repo and installed it via apt, or you installed the Flatpak

[–] schwim@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago

Sometimes, the repos(machines where the software is stored) has a hiccup that causes installs to stall and fail. When that happens, I usually give it another try in an hour or so before bothering to troubleshoot. It pretty much always resolves itself when this happens.