Trouble installing iceweasel- dpkg-divert: Cannot divert directories

[Mike Hommey]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 05:45:11AM -0700, keitho at strucktower.com wrote:
> Hi Mike-
> 
> Thanks for responding.
> 
> I'm new to Linux, and for-no-real-reason had mistakenly installed Firefox
> into /usr/bin. With your comment I realized I needed to uninstall Firefox
> from /usr/bin and reinstall into my home directory. Then, installing
> Iceweasel went just fine.
> 
> Without your comment I would never have known that Iceweasel is only
> diverting /usr/bin/firefox.
> 
> Thanks so much!
> 
> BTW- the reason I want to run both Firefox and Iceweasel is because I want
> the "sync" function of Firefox- I have four computers that I want to keep
> bookmarks and other profile info the same on, and with Firefox's sync
> function I can do that easily. Since Iceweasel uses the same profile, I
> just need to run Firefox at the times when I need to sync. If (when?)
> Iceweasel adds that functionality I will no longer need to use Firefox.

Iceweasel has sync too, like Firefox, since version 4.0. The Firefox
Sync extension from
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-sync/ should work
on Iceweasel 3.5. Alternatively, you can install the latest iceweasel
backport from http://mozilla.debian.net/

Mike