On 16.04.2019 12:08, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 04:39:06AM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: >> You can add SeaMonkey config manually if you want, but you will have to >> track the changes after that. >> $ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser >> x-www-browser /your/path/to/seamonkey 100 > I don't have seamonkey installed so haven't tried myself, but does > it even run as root? > I don't use SeaMonkey either, but I'm pretty sure it does not need root privileges to run. :) What command does is simply add an option to set "default something" for a command "x-www-browser" system-wide.
"update-alternatives" could used for anything from switching between your console editors to switching between multiple versions of compilers or interpreters. It is a standard way to do things like that on Linux systems not only on Debian, but also on the others (CentOS, etc) -- With kindest regards, Alexander. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
