[ubuntu-uk] Wrong version of Firefox

[Tim Dobson]

Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
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> Neil Greenwood wrote:
> | 2008/9/12 Johnathon Tinsley <kirrus at kirrus.co.uk>:
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> |> Hello all,
> | Hi Johnathon,
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> |> [snip]
> |> Synaptic says it's v3.0&nbsp; (screenshot attached).
> |> In the terminal, the output of
> |> &nbsp; dpkg --list | grep -i 'fox'
> |> is...
> |>
> |> iifirefox3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3 meta package for the
> |> popular mozilla web bro
> |> ii&nbsp; firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3& safe and
> |> easy web browser from Mozilla
> |> iifirefox-3.0-gnome-support Mozilla Firefox
> |> ii mozilla-firefox-locale-en-gb 2.0.0.7+1-0ubuntu4 Mozilla Firefox
> |> English language/region pack
> |> ii ubufox 0.5-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu Firefox specific configuration
> |
> | Try removing the mozilla-firefox-locale-en-gb package, and see what
> | happens then...
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> No change, even after removing and re-installing firefox again. How do
> you tell which firefox binary is fired on the command "firefox"?

I think

$ whereis firefox

would also give something useful.

when i run it i get:

timmy at freedom-zero:~$ whereis firefox
firefox: /usr/bin/firefox /usr/lib/firefox /usr/share/firefox

on ubuntu hardy.

Hope this helps :)

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