Re: Need help installing an "alternative"

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2010-04-08 20:50, Tom Furie wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 01:38:56AM -0000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
> >
> > > # update-alternatives --install x-www-browser firefox \
> > >                                        /usr/local/firefox/firefox 3
> > > update-alternatives: error: alternative link is not absolute as it 
> > > should be: x-www-browser
> > I think you want this:
> >
> > # update-alternatives --install x-www-browser /usr/bin/x-www-browser \
> > 	/usr/local/firefox/firefox 3
> >
> > That sets up /usr/local/firefox/firefox as an alternative for
> > /usr/sbin/x-www-browser .
>
> According to the manpage (on lenny) the arguments to --install are
> "genname symlink altern priority", so that would be

That's *not* what the Sid manpage says...  :(

> # update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser x-www-browser \
>  /usr/local/firefox/firefox 3

# update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser \
                     x-www-browser /usr/local/firefox/firefox 90
update-alternatives: using /usr/local/firefox/firefox to provide
             /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode.

Thanks!

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