On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, John Matthews wrote: > Daniel Drummond wrote: > > John Matthews wrote: > > > >> Daniel Drummond wrote: > >> > >> > >>>> Hi Dan, > >>>> > >>>> thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, > >>>> adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my > >>>> FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. > >>>> > >>>> John > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> What does this command output: > >>> $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* > >>> > >>> Dan > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Hi Dan, > >> > >> this is what I get > >> > >> jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* > >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox -> firefox-3.0 > >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 -> > >> ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh > >> > >> > >> > > Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. > > > >> That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it > >> has shiretoko at the top of the window. > >> > >> > > > > The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this > > is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 > > release. > > > > What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did > > you run them with sudo? > > > > I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You > > may need to put your password in when it asks. > > > > Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. > > > > Dan > > > > > This is really odd, I tried to open firefox in a terminal by using this > command firefox %s and it says its not installed, and gives me a command > to install it.
Hi john, Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox3.5 firefox-3.0 That should set 3.5 to the default. -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
