[FF2 addon prob] Re: Ubuntu 8.04 and Firefox 3 Beta 5

[NoOp]

On 04/25/2008 05:39 PM, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
>> > It's even more worse: I am UN-able to install Foxmarks to FF2. ;-(
>> > 
>> 
>> So file a bug so that it can be fixed! After you attempt to install
>> Foxmarks in FF2:
>> 
>> Tools|Error Console|click on the file line below "installLocation has no
>> properties" & note the line number. Attach that file to your bug report
>> (both launchpad & to the Foxmarks develper.
> 
> Hi NoOp
> As mentioned many times in my messages ...
> ... Mozilla Support has gotta everything a week ago and 
> I have gotta some feedback from them too !!

Found the bug. Apparently it's been around since 2006:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/65609
["installLocation has no properties" error in nsExtensionManager.js
during install/update of extensions]

Workaround in that bug worked for me:

WORKAROUND/FIX from comment:
Delete (or better, rename/backup) the file extensions.rdf (from the
profile folder). Firefox will recreate it when it is next started.
This solved the problem for me. No need to create a new profile.

Go to your /home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/<userprofile> and rename:

extensions.rdf to x-extensions.rdf-x

Restart FF2 and you should be good to go :-)