When I clicked on an http link in an email message in icedove, firefox
was started and the link appeared on a tab.
Then I discovered that my firefox stopped working. Click on firefox: no
action. So I deleted firefox from the /usr/local tree and deleted
~/.mozilla in case that was the problem (a duff plugin perhaps).
Then, using elinks, I downloaded firefox version 11.0 from
www.mozilla.org and installed the contents of the tarball in
/usr/local/share/firefox. I then put a link to the firefox binary in my
own binary directory which is on my PATH.
I then clicked on KDE Settings->System Settings->Default Applications
and made sure that firefox was the default browser. Then I logged out in
case that was needed.
Now, when I click on a link in an email message in icedove, nothing
happens. No web-browser loaded.
I noticed that /etc/alternatives/www-browser pointed to /usr/bin/elinks.
So I tried the command
sudo apt-get purge elinks-lite
but that purged elinks-lite and install konqueror which I definitely do
not want to use, 'cos I'm happy with firefox.Does clicking on a link now
load a web browser? No.
How can I get the web-browser loaded when I click on an email message
link? Anybody any ideas?
Sincerely
--
Sian Mountbatten
ex-Algol 68 specialist
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