Problem with Google Earth Updating
When I try the above from within the application, I get the following message: "Could not launch any web browser. Please make sure you have set the $BROWSER environment variable to the name of the filename we should launch!" When I issue the command "env", among the output, I find the following: "BROWSER=Firefox" Why is that not sufficient for Google Earth's purposes? Do I need to add a version reference or some other thing?
On 19/09/06, Leslie Katz <lesliek(a)ozemail.com.au> wrote:
When I issue the command "env", among the output, I find the following:
"BROWSER=Firefox"
Why is that not sufficient for Google Earth's purposes? Do I need to add a version reference or some other thing?
You'll need to specify the location to Firefox, i.e. BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox It may be in a different location on your computer. Type 'which firefox' (without the quotes) to find the location on your file system. -- simon
"BROWSER=Firefox"
Why is that not sufficient for Google Earth's purposes? Do I need to add a version reference or some other thing?
Perhaps the problem is that "Firefox" and "firefox" are not the same thing. "BROWSER=firefox" should be sufficient. "BROWSER=Firefox" with an uppercase F won't work. Linux is case-sensitive.
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