Trouble installing iceweasel- dpkg-divert: Cannot divert directories

[Mike Hommey]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 02:48:43PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> 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/

Note that the latest version of sync doesn't work on 3.5. The previous
version does.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-sync/versions/?page=1#version-1.7

Mike