Re: WTF is the bloatware xulrunner for?

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From: Russell Shaw
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:37

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terryc wrote:
> Performed the routine package update on my debian lenny boxen and gain 
> this little piece of crappy bloatware; xulrunner-1.9.
> 
> Seems i can not run iceweasel without this crap running as well.

XUL is an engine/framework that reads XML files that define all the
GUI elements you see such as menus and dialog boxes.

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/XUL

Like anything to do with XML, it's slow bloated crap. Firefox is
only tolerable on my fast pc.

> Can anyon remember the location of the aptitude Recommnds:False setting. 
> I want to see if I can get iceweasel back, otherwise, it is time to give 
> firefox the flicken.

ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives/iceweasel*

   ...
   /var/cache/apt/archives/iceweasel_3.0.14-1_i386.deb


# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/iceweasel_3.0.14-1_i386.deb

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