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Re: no alternatives for firefox/mozilla



On 2010-05-07 05:20 +0200, T o n g wrote:

> Having upgraded iceweasel, I am no longer able to call firefox or mozilla 
> from command line any more. I don't mind firefox is called iceweasel or 
> whatever in Debian, but entirely stopping me from starting firefox is 
> something I don't feel comfortable.

This is a feeling that many other users share, and therefore…

> $ apt-cache policy iceweasel
> iceweasel:
>   Installed: 3.5.9-2
>   Candidate: 3.5.9-2

…it was fixed in 3.5.9-3:

,----
| iceweasel (3.5.9-3) unstable; urgency=low
| [...]
|   * debian/firefox, debian/iceweasel.install, debian/iceweasel.postrm,
|     debian/iceweasel.preinst: Divert /usr/bin/firefox and put a wrapper script
|     instead. The wrapper script runs the diverted firefox if it exists, and
|     iceweasel otherwise. Closes: #576392.
`----

> $ update-alternatives --display firefox
> update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for firefox.

Was there ever an alternative for firefox?  I don't think so.

> $ update-alternatives --display mozilla
> update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for mozilla.

Removing that makes sense because firefox is known as firefox and not
mozilla.

Sven


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