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raju.mopidevi 11-20-2009 11:55 PM
how to remove 2nd path to the same command
 
When I installed Open SuSE 11.0 KDE 3.5, it has firefox 3 beta 5, i had downloaded latest version of firefox.tar.gz.

i had extracted that .tar files to "/usr/local/bin"
I made this path as the run command path using the "kmenuedit".

when i check firefox location it is showing as
Code:
raju@linux-fphk:~> whereis firefox
firefox: /usr/bin/firefox /usr/lib/firefox /usr/bin/X11/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox /usr/share/man/man1/firefox.1.gz

when I click on the firefox button it is opening with latest version.
normally I use alt + f2 to open a program.
when I typed firefox in alt + f2 window, it is opening older version.

Quote:
"how to remove the path of older version firefox ?"

nglbrkr 11-21-2009 12:10 AM
I would guess that when you type firefox, it is /usr/bin/firefox that runs.
You could test this to find out by typing the full path instead of just the name.
Then, if it is so, go into /usr/bin and rm firefox (or mv to firefox.bak if nervous).
Then make a symlink to your new firefox.
Code:
ln -s  /path/to/new/firefox firefox

raju.mopidevi 11-21-2009 12:16 AM
i had followed your procedure, it saying that
Quote:
command not found

raju.mopidevi 11-21-2009 12:17 AM
when i try to access the firefox using alt + f2, it is saying that,
Quote:
Could not run the specified command

nglbrkr 11-21-2009 12:22 AM
what happens if you type the full path to your new firefox?

raju.mopidevi 11-21-2009 12:28 AM
when i tried with full path in alt + f2 prompt window , new version is opening.

is it possible to open with single word "firefox", as previous installation supported.

nglbrkr 11-21-2009 12:44 AM
good, then you are close!

Look at the permissions of the symlink. Is it executeable? Are you sure the path is correct on that symlink?

raju.mopidevi 11-21-2009 12:50 AM
latest version of firefox is "/usr/local/bin/firefox/firefox". This file is executing nice.

older version firefox link is "/usr/bin/firefox".

i had removed /usr/bin/firefox. so alt+f2 prompt saying that could not run specified command.
i want add latest version link.

nglbrkr 11-21-2009 01:22 AM
on my computer I have this
Code:
one:/usr/bin# ls -l | grep firefox
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root  root          26 2009-02-25 22:39 firefox -> ../lib/iceweasel/iceweasel
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root  root          26 2009-02-25 22:39 mozilla-firefox -> ../lib/iceweasel/iceweasel
so you can see my "firefox" in /usr/bin is a symlink to something else. That's why I thought the same thing should work for you.

raju.mopidevi 11-21-2009 01:55 AM
after seeing your system link, i was able to modify the error.
thank you.

nglbrkr 11-21-2009 02:18 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by raju.mopidevi (Post 3764690)
after seeing your system link, i was able to modify the error.
thank you.
glad it worked in the end!


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