Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:42:54 +0200 From: "Alain G. Fabry" <alainfabry@belgacom.net> To: Lars Eighner <lars@larseighner.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox clean installation but does not execute Message-ID: <20110920114254.GA94013@desmo.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109200349590.5743@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc> References: <20110920053708.GA2051@desmo.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109200349590.5743@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc>
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 03:52:41AM -0500, Lars Eighner wrote: > On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Alain G. Fabry wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I've installed Firefox36 from ports, it installed without a problem but it > >does not launch. In other words, there's no firefox file on my system. > >Had it installed before and working, then to clean out the system with > >unnecessary ports, I removed all ports and reinstalled only what is > >necessary. Somehow now I can't get firefox to work. The installation > >runs through cleanly, but when I try to run firefox, the system just > >responds with 'command not found' > > > >fabry@desmo 7:27 % pkg_info | grep firefox > >firefox-3.6.22,1 Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla > >afabry@desmo 7:28 % firefox > >firefox: Command not found. > > > >What could be the problem, where could I start looking? > > > what happens when you > > %which firefox3 > > ? > > -- I've installed both firefox and firefox36. Neither of them can be found on the system while the installation build and installed without errors afabry@desmo 13:40 % pkg_info | grep firefox firefox-3.6.22,1 Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla firefox-6.0.2,1 Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla afabry@desmo 13:41 % which firefox firefox: Command not found. afabry@desmo 13:41 % which firefox3 firefox3: Command not found. > Lars Eighner > http://www.larseighner.com/index.html > 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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