x-www-browser doesn't change even after package delete, update-alternatives
So, I removed firefox-esr and replaced it with stable firefox. I ran
update-alternatives to point to firefox-esr. The current listing doesn't
even include firefox-esr:
root@debian-NUCi5:~# update-alternatives --list x-www-browser
/usr/bin/chromium
/usr/bin/epiphany-browser
/usr/bin/firefox
/usr/bin/surf
When I run 'rclone config' this happens:
Failed to execute default Web Browser.
Failed to execute child process "/usr/bin/firefox-esr' (no such file or
directory).
Note that the incorrect punctuation is as shown in the GUI dialog that pops up.
I click OK, and the text-mode rclone (why is the error GUI but the program
itself in the terminal?) sits there saying "waiting for code ..." forever.
Not a graceful way to handle the failure to log into Google, is it?
If rclone isn't looking for the browser in the alternatives, where is it
looking? Firefox-esr hasn't been on this system for weeks.
I did try launching a fresh Xfce-terminal from the menu, but got the same
error.
Thanks in advance.
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