Pete Theisen wrote:
> Seth wrote:
>> Try opening the console.
>> There you should see a command prompt.
>> usually it ends in $
>> right there you put in "firefox" with no quotes, and hit TAB a few
>> times. what comes up?
>
> Hi Seth,
>
> pete@pete-desktop:~$ firefox
> firefox firefox-3.5
> pete@pete-desktop:~$ firefox
> firefox firefox-3.5
> pete@pete-desktop:~$ firefox
> firefox firefox-3.5
> pete@pete-desktop:~$ firefox
> The program 'firefox' is currently not installed. You can install it by
> typing:
> sudo apt-get install firefox-3.0
> bash: firefox: command not found
> pete@pete-desktop:~$ which firefox
> pete@pete-desktop:~$ which firefox
> firefox/ firefox-3.5
> pete@pete-desktop:~$ which firefox
>
> I don't see any path. If I type firefox-3.5 it asks if I want to see all
> 222 possibilities and when I answer y to that I am shown everything I
> ever viewed in the browser or everything in my home folder, not sure which.
OK, after entering past all that I get to the bottom
pete@pete-desktop:~$ firefox-3.5
*NOTICE* No previous firefox-3.5 profile found, we'll initialize a
profile using a copy of your existing 'firefox' profile.
Transfering...
done.
Then it opens up a new copy of firefox called "Shiretoko". All the
same stuff I had open in firefox, and firefox is still open. Yes,
Mozilla has become M$.
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