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kansas city shuffle

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Registered: 2015-07-20

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[SOLVED] LXDE using a ln -s link launches multiple browsers

I am running Firefox on Arch Linux - LXDE. After downloading I moved the Firefox folder to: /opt/firefox39

I created a symbolic link with: ln -s /opt/firefox39/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

When I type 'firefox' in Terminal, it launches two browser windows instead of just one?

Can someone point out why it's launching two?

Last edited by kansas city shuffle (2015-07-26 02:13:45)

tomk

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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE using a ln -s link launches multiple browsers

First of all, did you use pacman to install firefox? You mention "downloading", which is a bit vague - hence my question.

Next, why /opt? I run firefox from /usr, with no issues, and no funky symlinks.

If you're going to insist on doing it that way, see what 'which firefox' tells you.

kansas city shuffle

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Registered: 2015-07-20

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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE using a ln -s link launches multiple browsers

First of all, did you use pacman to install firefox? You mention "downloading", which is a bit vague - hence my question.

Next, why /opt? I run firefox from /usr, with no issues, and no funky symlinks.

If you're going to insist on doing it that way, see what 'which firefox' tells you.

I just deleted my firefox folder and symbolic link and used pacman -S firefox to install.

Launched it and the same thing. Two browsers open.

tomk

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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE using a ln -s link launches multiple browsers

Do this:

mv ~/.mozilla/config ~/.mozilla/rhubarb

then try again. 'rhubarb' is not mandatory, btw - you can use anything (apart from 'config', of course).

kansas city shuffle

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Registered: 2015-07-20

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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE using a ln -s link launches multiple browsers

Do this:

mv ~/.mozilla/config ~/.mozilla/rhubarb

then try again. 'rhubarb' is not mandatory, btw - you can use anything (apart from 'config', of course).

I just reset Firefox and erased all the settings and removed the plugins.

It seems to be back to normal now. *knock on wood*