On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:40:12 +0200 godo <go...@dobosevic.com> wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just locally installed upstream firefox, and of course Debian > > Alternatives doesn't know about it, so Iceweasel, which uses > > x-www-browser loads iceape, which I don't want. > > > > "update-alternatives --install" seems to be what I want in order to > > add /usr/local/firefox/firefox to the x-www-browser list, but can't > > get it to work. > > > > # update-alternatives --install x-www-browser firefox \ > > /usr/local/firefox/firefox 3 > > update-alternatives: error: alternative link is not absolute as it > > should be: x-www-browser > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > TIA > > > I think I got it. > > update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser x-www-browser > /home/my_username/.firefox/firefox 3 > > I didn't got any error. >
Wouldn't it be better if the syntax was this: update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser x-www-browser /opt/firefox/firefox 3 Of course, this would be making use of /opt for what it was originally intended, for all the software and add-on packages that are not part of the default installation. Reference points: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/opt.html http://wiki.debian.org/FilesystemHierarchyStandard -- Regards, Chris "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." -- Thomas Jefferson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100408233853.08eed...@makeworld.com
