What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. download the deb 2. install on debian system 3. the package not be installed because require firefox while in debian the name are iceweasel

I just ran into the same issue and had a look at the package. I think this issue could be fixed with 2 small changes:

1. Iceweasel has to be added as alternative to required packages.

Change in DEBIAN/control: - Depends: firefox + Depends: firefox|iceweasel

2. Iceweasel has to started in the start script if Firefox can not be started.

New version of start script (usr/bin/pencil):

!/bin/sh

/usr/bin/firefox --app "/usr/share/pencil/application.ini" if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then /usr/bin/iceweasel --app "/usr/share/pencil/application.ini" fi

What is blocking this to be fixed?

Hi! Did anyone work on this already? Need a hand?

540 is a duplicate of this. No one is working on this issue? It should be an easy fix.. developers are reading the messages from the tracker?

Here's the workaround to install the .deb package on Debian.

mkdir pencil dpkg-deb -x evoluspencil_2.0.5_all.deb pencil/ dpkg-deb --control evoluspencil_2.0.5_all.deb pencil/DEBIAN nano pencil/DEBIAN/control # edit as suggested above -> Depends: firefox|iceweasel dpkg -b pencil/ evoluspencil_2.0.5_debian.deb sudo dpkg -i evoluspencil_2.0.5_debian.deb

Confirming that #5 works correctly on Debian Wheezy. Thanks, and I hope the developers fix this trivial yet somewhat embarrassing oversight (a Debian package that doesn't work on...Debian?).

Regarding comment #1, point 2: Debian Wheezy already has a /usr/bin/firefox script which should start Iceweasel in the case that Firefox is not installed (not sure about older versions of Debian).

There's an old request to add the package in Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628285

fedel...@gmail.com Works nice following your recommended steps... Thanks a lot.