Firefox Add-ons

[merv]

I have installed 8.04 on two computers and on neither one can I get Foxmarks to install. A search of the forum hasn't shown anyone else has this problem. This is Firefox-2 by the way.

Any successes out there? Firefox suggests that I check the Console error log. Just where or what might that be? Thanks for any help or suggestions.

[Kubuntu Computer Geek]

Re: Firefox Add-ons

I have foxmarks installed are you sure you have firefox-2 installed?

[merv]

Re: Firefox Add-ons

I have foxmarks installed are you sure you have firefox-2 installed?

Well the 'About Mozilla Firefox' report is 2.0.0.14.
Kpackage reports that Firefox-3 is not installed.
I have Mythbuntu 8.04 installed on another computer and there I removed Firefox-3 and installed Firefox-2. I can't install Foxmarks there either. I wonder if you have any other Firefox-2 packages installed. At any rate I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for the report.

Maybe I will just install the Mozilla version in /opt and see how that is.

[Kubuntu Computer Geek]

Re: Firefox Add-ons

What error message do you get when you try to install it?

[gnarly_buttons]

Re: Firefox Add-ons

I had gotten errors as well, but then I found something that helped. I uninstalled Firefox, then I went to my home folder and deleted the .mozilla folder. Then I reinstalled Firefox 2. Be sure to save your bookmarks, if you need to.

Scott

[derixc]

Re: Firefox Add-ons

I did it by doing this http://ubuntusite.com/kubuntu-firefo...blem-resolved/

hope this one helps too

[jlr]

Re: Firefox Add-ons

This is a side-effect of the "brilliant" decision to upgrade everyone to the *beta* version of FF3. When you downgrade to the stable firefox-2, the .mozilla profile is botched, which is why the fixes listed above work. I'd use the latter -- just open a term and "mv .mozilla dot_mozilla". Unfortunately, this will lose all your settings and your bookmarks. For the bookmarks, in that terminal, do

cp ~/dot_mozilla/firefox/[random string].default/bookmarks.html ~/.mozilla/firefox/[other random string].default/

Overwrite the existing file if it prompts you.

As for the other settings, I just recreated my old options by hand...

[Detonate]

Re: Firefox Add-ons

I sure wish some of the more popular extensions would work. I need Firebug right now!

[Detonate]

Re: Firefox Add-ons

Foxmarks now works in FF3

[imneo]

Re: Firefox Add-ons

ubuntu 8.04 comes with firefox-3, this is not a stable version yet
you shuld remove it and install firefox-2 but now you have a problem installing add-ons. this can be easily fixed:


here is a full guide for how to do this correctly:


http://scripts-net.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=82#p95

[Detonate]

Re: Firefox Add-ons

Greasemonkey has also been updated to work with FF3.