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

[Matthew Daubney]

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
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>   
> >>     
> > 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