On Saturday 17 September 2011 15:19:00 Timothy Pearson wrote:
On Friday 16 September 2011 20:39:01 Timothy Pearson wrote:
Le 16/09/2011 19:32, Timothy Pearson a écrit :
> The objective was to install Firefox 5.0. > 1 - I copied a directory /usr/local/firefox/ from a system
used
> before > 2 - I tried to edit a firefox icon coming also from the other > system, > 3 - I completely uninstalled firefox using Synaptic (that did
not
> removed the ~/.mozilla/).
When you deinstalled Firefox I think you took kubuntu-default-settings-trinity with it. Check to make sure that
it
is
still installed.
Tim
Hi Tim,
Indeed, the package "kubuntu-default-settings-trinity" was
automatically
added. Simply reinstalling the package should be enough to restore
my
system, if I have this trouble again?
I would think so. Without that package, the system reverts to a very old set of defaults that don't work the way most people would expect.
Tim
Hello all, I did not succed uninstalling neither Firefox nor Thunderbird,while keeping the "redmond-default-settings-kde3" package, with the graphic tools Synaptic, Adept and Kpackage. :-/ :-/
Sincerely,Patrick
That is because redmond-default-settings-kde3 depends on both of those tools. It is an unadvertised (internal) convenience package used to create the Enterprise Edition LiveDVD for Ubuntu.
I suppose if there is interest in that package I could look into moving some dependencies into the recommends field instead, but I would need a list of applications that should be moved there.
Tim
Hello all, I do not know what to say. I can start Firefox_6 as root, with itssettings (/root/.mozilla). This could be a problem for the novice user in Linux ...
Do-it would work if:1 - I write a script making backup copies of the files included in the package Redmond-default-settings-kde3, 2 - I removed the package Firefox and Thunderbird, 3 - I restore files backed up in 1 - or could other packages be damaged ?
Sincerely,Patrick
It would work in theory, but it would be difficult to maintain to say the least.
What I will do is move some applications, such as firefox and thunderbird, to the Recommends field instead. This will allow you to remove them without breaking the redmond-defaults-settings-trinity package.
Tim