On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 06:37, Tony Baldwin <photodha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suppose there are 2 issues here...or more...I'm bad at math. > > First, no amount of cache clearing, etc., is allowing me to view my google > calendar in iceweasel. > I've tried to view it in lynx, elinks and w3m, all to no avail, as I might > have expected... > So, I want to install another gui browser. > Konqueror wants all kinds of KDE crap that I don't want on my machine, > and, likewise, Galeon wants tonso gnome crap I don't want on my machine (I > use ion3, and like to keep things lite). > So, I checked out Epiphany, which doesn't seem to have a truckload of > depends. > > When I do > apt-cache showpkg epiphany > it shows me that epiphany is a web browser (I knew that), and only requires > epiphany & epiphany-data > So I did > sudo aptitude install epiphany > (yes, I have sudo) and it got and installed > epiphany epiphany-data > But whereis epiphany shows > /usr/lib/epiphany > only > and the only epiphany I can find to run is > epiphany-game > (much like dig dug or bejewelled, or something, but not helping me get to my > google cal). > So, why doesn't > aptitude install epiphany > give me the epiphany web browser? > > This is on lenny.
"epiphany" is the game. "epiphany-browser" is the browser. I was shocked to see that Galeon was still in the repos, development stopped a long time ago. > I have IE6 with IE4Linux on here, but I really don't like to use it, except > for the one m0r0n client that has an invoicing system that only works with > internet exploder. It can, however, access my google calendar, so, I have > determined the my google cal issue is definitely with iceweasel. > Additionally, no problems accessing same calendar with FF or Seamonkey on > my two ubuntu laptops. > The iceowl available to me in lenny doesn't support the google provider > plugin, and backports isn't offering a newer version (need 0.9, and all I > can find is 0.8, which has no support for provider plugin). > > I'd really just like to view the calendar online via iceweasel. > Failing that, iceowl would be gro0vy. > Failing that, another browser would be co0l. When it comes to mozilla products, I just download the Linux version and unpack it in /usr/local and make needed symlinks in /usr/local/bin/ (I like to stay up to date, and Debian doesn't package betas, much less nightlies). > I suppose, if I must, I can use the IE6, or install some 3rd party browser > from beyond our repos (opera, plain FF), but I'd rather keep with approved > debian pkgs whenever possible. > I wish Ubuntu had iceweasel and icedove, in all truth, because, aside from > the calendar issue, I dig 'em. Just because of the trademark issues? Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
