On 17 Apr 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 16 Apr 2009, Mark Grieveson wrote: > > > > m...@debian:~$ update-alternatives --list x-www-browser > > bash: update-alternatives: command not found > > m...@debian:~$ su > > Password: > > debian:/home/mark# update-alternatives --list x-www-browser > > /usr/bin/iceweasel > > debian:/home/mark# update-alternatives --config x-www-browser > > > > There is only 1 program which provides x-www-browser > > (/usr/bin/iceweasel). Nothing to configure. > > debian:/home/mark# > > > > So, given that OpenOffice.org is still using lynx when I choose the > > "more dictionaries online" option, what do I do now? > > > > What does sensible-browser give? I'm interested because I also have a > problem of this kind. I want reportbug to use dillo to show bug reports, > and the man page says that it uses sensible- browser to decide which > browser to use for this. I therefore put "export BROWSER = dillo" in > ~/.bashrc and sensible-browser does indeed give dillo, but reportbug > still wants to use firefox. > > I've run update-alternatives on the lines suggested above and I'll see > what happens. >
After running the update-alternatives commands, reportbug now uses dillo as I wanted it to. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
