On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 11:08:55 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 06:23:56PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
[...] > > I just installed it for sarge from > > http://readeasily.mozdev.org/installation.html > > > > You probably have to allow java and to set preferences > web features > > > allow sites to install software > > and add that url. > > > > Worked for me. > But not for me. > Are you using Sarge? > Are you using the Firefox that is distributed by Debian as a .deb file? > I have checked java and preferences. I see a window asking for permission > to install software. I click on the button that gives permission. There > is a short delay, after which the 'Extensions' window is still empty. > Shouldn't all installed plugins be listed in this window? That seems to > be implied by the help instructions for removing plugins. (It does confirm > my memory that I've never gotten any plugin installed.) > > Have plugins been disabled in the Debian version? > Please make suggestions as to what I should try. > What information can I post that would help others help me? I have noticed the following with Mozilla (and I hope it also is applicable for Firefox): The installation of extensions often fails because the installer was written by a brain-dead Windows programmer who assumes that the installer will have write permissions in Mozilla's system folder /usr/lib/mozilla. You can find this in the install.log in the .mozilla folder of your users $HOME. To make it even worse, this also happens with installers that have an explicit "install in the user's homedir" option. I then either decide that the extension is not that important to me, or I give my user temporary write permission for the system folder and do the installation again. Maybe the same thing works with /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox. (I always download the installer file first so that I am at least not connected to a website while my Mozilla system folder can be modified by the user.) -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
