So you’re trying to install the Google Toolbar in Firefox, using Ubuntu or Kubuntu 7.10 or 8.4. The toolbar installs, but the Bookmarks never seem to work. Either it prompts you to Sign In to access your bookmarks, or it seems to hang at “downloading bookmarks.”
It appears that the Google Toolbar depends upon libstdc++5 to work, which is not included by default in the recent versions of (K)Ubuntu.
The fix is simple….here you are.
1) If you have the toolbar installed, uninstall it and then restart Firefox.
2) In a terminal, execute this command
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 [enter]
3) Go back to http://www.google.com/toolbar and install the toolbar again.
That’s it…you’re all set. Thanks to Flauros in the Ubuntu forums for this.
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We’re having the same problem on Mac FF 3.0.7. The problem started when we upgraded to this latest version.
Is there a similar simple solution for the Mac FF issue ..?
I neither own nor have access to any MAC, but I believe that libstdc++.so.5 exists in OSX as well as Linux versions. How to get it for your o/s is another query for another blogger, sorry I cannot help you out on this one. Of course, if you have an extra MAC mini laying around, I’d be happy to investigate further
Good luck…please come back to post the answer if you find it.