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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