Re: Need help installing an "alternative"

On 2010-04-08 20:50, Tom Furie wrote:
On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 01:38:56AM -0000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx> writes:

# 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
I think you want this:

# update-alternatives --install x-www-browser /usr/bin/x-www-browser \
/usr/local/firefox/firefox 3

That sets up /usr/local/firefox/firefox as an alternative for
/usr/sbin/x-www-browser .

According to the manpage (on lenny) the arguments to --install are
"genname symlink altern priority", so that would be

That's *not* what the Sid manpage says... :(

# update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser x-www-browser \
/usr/local/firefox/firefox 3


# update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser \
x-www-browser /usr/local/firefox/firefox 90
update-alternatives: using /usr/local/firefox/firefox to provide
/usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode.

Thanks!

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