Matthew Daubney wrote: > 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 > > >
Hi both, thank you for your suggestions. @Matt....I just entered those commands, and it seems it has made 3.5 the default, but I still cant get links to work when I click them in an e-mail. Nothing happens. @Jonathon....I have that command in Custom field in Prefered Applications, but nothing is happening. How can I get the Firefox back to the prefered applications. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
