Re: Firefox not showing in Applications menus

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have Firefox installed on my system (Debian 4.0), and today an update 
> for firefox showed, and was installed using the system update system.
>
> With the recent problems with Iceape, I thought that I would try Firefox.
>
> Synaptic shows that I have Firefox 2.0.0.15 installed, but I can't find 
> it in the Applications menus.
>
> I have looked in both the top level Internet menu, and in the 
> Debian->Apps->Net menu, and in the Office menu (in case it got inserted 
> in there), and the Other menu, but I cannot find Firefox.
>
> How do I run Firefox, if I cannot find it, and, why, when it is 
> installed, and, updated by the orange star icon that shows updates are 
> available, does it not appear in the Applications menus?

You really mean FF or iceweasel?

hugo@debian:~$ which firefox
/usr/bin/firefox
hugo@debian:~$ which iceweasel
/usr/bin/iceweasel

Try:
update-menus



Hugo