On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:22:34 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:09:28 +0000 (UTC) Beartooth
<Beartooth(a)swva.net>
wrote:
> I adopted your practice, with thanks; but it kept putting them
> back.
> Now I see only "disable" buttons instead of "uninstall" -- I
hope
> at least disabling lasts longer.
That's because you didn't run firefox as root. You have to be root in
order to uninstall the language packs. Users can only disable them, not
uninstall them.
But I did. Over and over, once you told me I could do it with a
CLI launch from a root prompt; and it kept putting them back.
My procedure is this to su to root, then run firefox. Uninstall the
languages (and that dom-inspector thing). Close firefox. Run firefox
again (as root.) Close firefox. Exit root user. Done.
I'll try it once more. And dollars to doughnuts they all come
back. Probably the very next time I update Firefox; certainly when I
upgrade my OS.
--
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6;
Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2, Epiphany 2, Opera 9, Firefox 2 & 3
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.