Daniel Drummond wrote: > 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 > > Hi Dan,
I copied and pasted the commands into the terminal, not the run command box. I dont remember asking back then, but if I did, I didnt follow it up, this is the first time I have dome anything about it. I am sorry about that. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
