Ubuntu
firefox package

  1. Bug #512937
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 512937

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NoOp (glgxg) wrote : Re: [Bug 512937] Re: [MASTER] package firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.

On 06/30/2010 10:01 AM, NoOp wrote:
> On 06/30/2010 09:12 AM, Chris Coulson wrote:
>> Thank you for your bug report. However, this problem is occuring because
>> some third party package has diverted our /usr/bin/firefox symlink to
>> /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu. I suspect you have either installed packages
>> from or followed instructions provided by ubuntuzilla.
>>
>> I'm afraid there's not much we can do about this
>>
>> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
>> Status: Confirmed => Invalid
>
> Sorry, but I've *never* used ubuntuzilla & the only other version of
> Firefox that I use is from Mozilla and that runs within a folder in my
> home directory & never touches /usr.
>

I stand corrected. This machine goes back to dapper & I had, at one time
installed via ubuntuzilla. Anyway, correcting the symlink back per
Comment #11 & all is well now. Thanks.