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

[John Matthews]

Matthew Daubney wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, John Matthews wrote:
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>> Daniel Drummond wrote:
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>>> 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*
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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> Hi john,
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> Open a terminal, type 
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> cd /usr/bin
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> Then type 
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> sudo ln -s firefox3.5 firefox-3.0
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> That should set 3.5 to the default.
>
> -Matt Daubney
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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.