I'm trying to set up my usual firefox environment on a freshly installed OpenBSD 6.6 system, and I'm stuck trying to install an addon (noscript).
My starting point was (is) a fresh 6.6/amd64 installation, with the firefox-69.0.2p0 package installed and firefox otherwise working ok. My first attempt at installing noscript was to use the builtin firefox addon search: click menu icon on top right menubar --> click Add-ons --> type 'noscript' in search box, press 'enter' This failed with the result > 0 results found for "noscript" and the red alert box > ! Invalid "platform" parameter. Duckduckgo then told me this is a known bug, https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/4610 My next attempt was to go directly to https://addons.mozilla.org and search for noscript there. This found it, and one more click brought me to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/?src=search I then tried to install ("add") this addon into firefox: click the blue "+ Add to Firefox" button --> get permissions-request popup, accept --> the extension .xpi file is then downloaded to /tmp (e.g., /tmp/tmp-622.xpi, size 572021 bytes, cksum 3655027406), but the extension never installs -- firefox just keeps showing the blue-dot-oscillating-left-and-right spinner forever :( A bit more web searching led me to https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/unable-install-add-ons-extensions-or-themes#w_you-are-asked-to-download-the-add-on-rather-than-installing-it which suggests that I "drag and drop the file into the Add-ons window". But there's no concept of "drag and drop" in my window manager (twm). So.... questions: * How are other people installing firefox addons under OpenBSD 6.6? * Is there a command-line way to install a firefox add-on if the automagic install fails? * If I want to report this bug, should I do so here (ports@) or over at mozilla gibhub (or somewhere else)? thanks, ciao, -- -- "Jonathan Thornburg [remove -color to reply]" <[email protected]> "He wakes me up every morning meowing to death because he wants to go out, and then when I open the door he stays put, undecided, and then glares at me when I put him out" -- Nathalie Loiseau (French minister for European Affairs, explaining why she named her cat "Brexit")
