Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-15 Thread chiddie
David Petterson wrote: Can you please summarize and update the wpkg wiki page on how to install Firefox 8 extensions? The mail thread got large and confusing ;) /David - wpkg-users mailing list archives

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-14 Thread chiddie
You can „install“ extensions globally by copying them _anywhere_ e.g. %ProgramFiles%\local\FirefoxExtensions and registering them like described here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Adding_Extensions_using_the_Windows_Registry Well, i can't believe it... but it works. I have only

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-14 Thread Malte Starostik
Am Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2011, 14:51:08 schrieb chiddie: You can „install“ extensions globally by copying them _anywhere_ e.g. %ProgramFiles%\local\FirefoxExtensions and registering them like described here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Adding_Extensions_using_the_Windows_Regi stry

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-14 Thread chiddie
chiddie wrote: You can „install“ extensions globally by copying them _anywhere_ e.g. %ProgramFiles%\local\FirefoxExtensions and registering them like described here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Adding_Extensions_using_the_Windows_Registry Well, i can't believe it... but

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-14 Thread Kevin van 't IJssel
Are you lazy? David? Send from iPad Op Dec 14, 2011 om 15:49 heeft David Petterson da...@ifm.liu.se het volgende geschreven: Can you please summarize and update the wpkg wiki page on how to install Firefox 8 extensions? The mail thread got large and confusing ;) /David

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-13 Thread chiddie
chiddie wrote: Are you sure that Firefox 8 extensions deployment is the same as Firefox 4? I followed the instructions in the Firefox 4 Series Extensions section of the wpkg firefox page, but, even if after the installation i see the folder with the GUID number in the

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-13 Thread Malte Starostik
Am Dienstag, 13. Dezember 2011, 16:08:47 schrieb chiddie: chiddie wrote: For a reason i don't know, on the machines i have to upgrade Firefox, the leading directory for the browser extension is not \\programfiles\mozilla firefox\extension, nor \\commonprogramfiles\mozilla shared\extension,

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-07 Thread chiddie
My tries went in a different direction. Since i like basic commands and not being involved too much with variables, i simply: - extracted the .vxi in a folder called Italian Dictionary. - copied the folder in the \\server\wpkg\software\mozilla firefox\extensions\ folder of my server where WPKG

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-07 Thread Falko Trojahn
Hello Claudio, On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 00:58:59 -0800 (PST), chiddie claudio.ghira...@geniaware.com wrote: My tries went in a different direction. Since i like basic commands and not being involved too much with variables, i simply: ... - install cmd='%COMSPEC% /C xcopy /E /Y

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-07 Thread Pete Boyd
This is the way we install Firefox and Thunderbird extensions, and until I read here about alternate methods I understood this was Mozilla's recommended method. We've not seen any breakage when recently upgrading from 3.6.x to 8.0.x and not changing our installation methods.

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-07 Thread Pete Boyd
My tries went in a different direction. Since i like basic commands and not being involved too much with variables, i simply: ... What am i doing wrong? I tried the same solution to deploy Lightning 1.0 for Thunderbird 8 (apart from the registry key command that is not needed) and it

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-07 Thread Stefan Pendl
Am 07.12.2011 16:31, schrieb Pete Boyd: My tries went in a different direction. Since i like basic commands and not being involved too much with variables, i simply: ... What am i doing wrong? I tried the same solution to deploy Lightning 1.0 for Thunderbird 8 (apart from the registry key

[wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-06 Thread chiddie
Are you sure that Firefox 8 extensions deployment is the same as Firefox 4? I followed the instructions in the Firefox 4 Series Extensions section of the wpkg firefox page, but, even if after the installation i see the folder with the GUID number in the \firefox\extensions\ folder, and even if i

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-06 Thread John Danks
Did you extract the extension first? Some of them need that to work. Are you using a 64-bit OS? You'll need to adjust paths. I'm using the version on the wiki with a few small changes to handle both 32 and 64-bit. Here's my entry for adblock+: package id=firefox-adblock name=Adblock+