[ubuntu-art] Firefox theme set Debian package testing

Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen mikkel.kamstrup at gmail.com
Thu May 11 15:48:33 BST 2006


I get an error:

mikkel at crystal:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i firefox-themes-ubuntu_0.5.deb
Password:
(Reading database ... 116712 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace firefox-themes-ubuntu 0.5 (using
firefox-themes-ubuntu_0.5.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement firefox-themes-ubuntu ...
dpkg: error processing firefox-themes-ubuntu_0.5.deb (--install):
 package control info rmdir of `CVS' didn't say not a dir: Directory not
empty
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firefox-themes-ubuntu_0.5.deb
mikkel at crystal:~/Downloads$


Cheers - keep up the good work!
Mikkel
2006/5/11, Frank Schoep <frank at ffnn.nl>:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> After reading up on Debian package creation and thanks to Ian Jackson for
> the
> extra motivation, I've been able to create a binary package of the Firefox
> themes myself. Now that I know all about "control", "md5sums", "postinst"
> and
> "prerm" files I feel very confident that this package should work
> perfectly
> on anyone's Dapper installation.
>
> The package installs the Firefox themes in the shared /usr/lib/firefox
> directory and sets Human as the default theme for first runs. On
> deinstallation, it reverts the theme to what you had selected previously.
>
> I'd want to ask you all to download, install and test the package. This
> will
> take only five minutes but it helps me tremendously to know whether or not
> I've made any mistakes.
>
> So, for step one, download this file (location will probably change in the
> future, also watch out for wrapping):
>
> http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/firefoxhumantheme/firefox-themes-ubuntu_0.5.deb
>
> After downloading, install it using your favourite package manager, then
> (re)start Firefox and check the "Themes" dialog to see if the three themes
> are listed. Try out one or more of them.
>
> Then, create a new user account and log into it, start Firefox and check
> if
> the theme is "Human". If so, that's great and let me know! If not, let me
> know too!
>
> When you're done, you can uninstall firefox-themes-ubuntu and all files
> and
> configuration will be reverted. Thanks for testing.
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Frank Schoep
>
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