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In my opinion, the chrome folder shouldn't be used for anything writable.  Use the users profile directory for that.  What I did in my project (rpgtools.mozdev.org) is create a "rpgtools" directory in the users profile directory and store all my prefs/other rdfs in that.

If you still want a global solution, I think the best policy is to ask the user where you want to install the application (in this case it's configuration).  This would probably take the form of a "initial state" of the application, and ask for the location to install it's resources (most likely c:\program files\company on windows and /usr/local/company on linux and anywhere on the mac).

Hope this helps!
-eric

Andy Edmonds wrote:
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We've got a whole horde of folks having issues installing the gestures addon
on *nix (http://optimoz.mozdev.org).

Anybody knowledgable on XPI want to take a look at the bug reports?

553 ASSI Root Access Required -- Installation fails for non-root user

521 GCC Compiler Sensitivity? Install fails on Linux (Debian, Sl

532 REOP FIXE XPI doesn't install

It seems that typical Mozilla installation processes on linux do not set up
the chrome folder as writable... should this be done in the installer for
Linux?

There seems to also be a chrome registration failure occuring on Linux...
could this be permissions on installed-chrome.txt? (prefs saving does not
rule this option out, as prefs are elsewhere?)

Thanks! AE









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