Matt Daubney wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:07:48 +0100, John Matthews <jake...@sky.com> wrote: > >> Matthew Daubney wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, John Matthews wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Daniel Drummond wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> John Matthews wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Daniel Drummond wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Dan, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, >>>>>>>> adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because >>>>>>>> >> my >> >>>>>>>> FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> John >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> What does this command output: >>>>>>> $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dan >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Dan, >>>>>> >>>>>> this is what I get >>>>>> >>>>>> jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* >>>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox -> >>>>>> >> firefox-3.0 >> >>>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 -> >>>>>> ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it >>>>>> has shiretoko at the top of the window. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, >>>>> >> this >> >>>>> is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox >>>>> >> 3.5 >> >>>>> release. >>>>> >>>>> What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did >>>>> you run them with sudo? >>>>> >>>>> I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. >>>>> >> You >> >>>>> may need to put your password in when it asks. >>>>> >>>>> Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. >>>>> >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> This is really odd, I tried to open firefox in a terminal by using this >>>> command firefox %s and it says its not installed, and gives me a >>>> >> command >> >>>> to install it. >>>> >>>> >>> Hi john, >>> >>> Open a terminal, type >>> >>> cd /usr/bin >>> >>> Then type >>> >>> sudo ln -s firefox3.5 firefox-3.0 >>> >>> That should set 3.5 to the default. >>> >>> -Matt Daubney >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I just looked at that in the terminal, and the results say >> >> ln: creating symbolic link `firefox-3.0': File exists >> >> So does that mean its created the symlink for version 3.0 not 3.5? >> >> I copied and pasted the commands, btw. >> >> John >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > Sorry, my mistake, I misread the output from ls you pasted. The commands > should have been: > >>> Open a terminal, type >>> >>> cd /usr/bin >>> >>> Then type >>> >>> sudo ln -s firefox-3.5 firefox >>> > > Let us know what that returns. > > -Matt Daubney > > > That would be the command I gave previously then, both today and on 10/07/09.
Are you typing these into a terminal as suggested, not the run command box? What you are trying to do is change the *firefox *link in /usr/bin to point to *firefox-3.5 *instead of pointing to *firefox-3.0 *. That way when the system wants to run firefox, it will run firefox-3.5 instead of firefox-3.0. Ensure that when you are typing these commands in, that you get the numbers in the right order. For whatever reason, you must have (in error) removed the firefox-3.0 link, instead of the firefox link. Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/