[ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default

[John Matthews]

Daniel Drummond wrote:
> John Matthews wrote:
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>> Daniel Drummond wrote:
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>>>> Hi Dan,
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>>>> 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
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>>> What does this command output:
>>> $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox*
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>>> Dan
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>> Hi Dan,
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>> this is what I get
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>> jakewc2 at 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
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> Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now.
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>> That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it 
>> has shiretoko at the top of the window.
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> 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.
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> What was the actual error message when you tried those commands?  Did 
> you run them with sudo?
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> 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
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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.