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 # update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser x-www-browser \ /usr/local/firefox/firefox 3 Cheers, Tom -- Why use Windows, since there is a door? (By fachat@galileo.rhein-neckar.de, Andre Fachat)
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