Randy McMurchy wrote:
> Alexander E. Patrakov wrote these words on 03/23/08 23:23 CST:
>
>> Do the following commands count as a replacement for running Seamonkey as
>> root?
>>
>> MFH=/usr/lib/seamonkey-$VERSION
>> MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=$MFH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$MFH $MFH/regxpcom
>> MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=$MFH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$MFH $MFH/regchrome
>> touch $MFH/chrome/user-{skins,locales}.rdf
>>
>> That's what the LiveCD does to overcome a different problem of the same
>> origin
>> (Seamonkey cannot be started from Xfce panel shortcut as "exo-open --launch
>> WebBrowser"). If this helps, please replace the "run SeaMonkey as root"
>> instruction with this.
>
> With all due respect, how does this help me with the Enigmail
> installation after-the-fact (the build and source directories
> have been removed)? You must use the Browser's File-File Open
> menu option and follow the prompts. If you do it as a user
> other than root, you get a polite message saying you don't
> have permission to install the .xpi extension.
>
> Are we on the same page here? I'm really tired and probably
> am not understanding your request properly.
Oops. We are indeed not on the same page. Still, it should be possible (but
untested) to install the xpi file manually (i.e., without running seamonkey
explicitly) by unzipping it and copying the files to the needed directories,
and
then running the above four commands.
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