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Firefox extensions RPMS

Firefox extensions RPMS

Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:20 UTC (Fri) by jamesh (subscriber, #1159)
In reply to: Firefox extensions RPMS by Richard_J_Neill
Parent article: The problem of Firefox in Ubuntu Breezy

... so package the extensions as RPMs or DEBs. If you unzip an extension and place its contents in the right place (/usr/lib/firefox/extensions/$extension-uuid, iirc), firefox will pick it up next time it starts up. Sounds pretty easy to package to me.


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Firefox extensions RPMS

Posted Sep 25, 2006 18:20 UTC (Mon) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]

Yeah, since 1.5 the system has been sane as you describe. In 1.0 and earlier, however, it was much nastier.

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