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Re: Stretch with MATE DE - odd new file association problem



On 16.04.2019 12:08, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 04:39:06AM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
You can add SeaMonkey config manually if you want, but you will have to
track the changes after that.
    $ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser
x-www-browser /your/path/to/seamonkey 100
I don't have seamonkey installed so haven't tried myself, but does
it even run as root?

I don't use SeaMonkey either, but I'm pretty sure it does not need root privileges to run. :)
What command does is simply add an option to set "default something" for a command "x-www-browser" system-wide.

"update-alternatives" could used for anything from switching between your console editors to switching between multiple versions of compilers or interpreters.
It is a standard way to do things like that on Linux systems not only on Debian, but also on the others (CentOS, etc)


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With kindest regards, Alexander.

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