Rowan Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I am trying to install an add-on into Firefox but when I press 'add to firefox' I get a notification telling me that software installarion is currently disabled and to edit my preferences to allow it. I have been through my preferences but have not yet been able to get it to co-operate. Am I missing something really obvious or am I just haveing a bad day - any advice is welcome. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 What version of Firefox are you using? Did you install it from the Mandriva repos or another source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo3891 Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 A shot in the dark, as root in terminal: su chown -R user: /home/user/.mozilla replace user with your actual user name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Greg - I am using Firefox 1.5.0.7 and I am running 2006 Power Pack. I think that it might have come standard. Medo - I did as you suggested but what do I do now? I retried the download without success. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Please follow the instructions listed in section 'Firefox 1.5' on this page: Enabling_software_installs Please let us know if that works for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo3891 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Oh, my. I never thought you are using an old version of FF. Well, hope what Greg posted solves your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 BINGO. Thanks Greg - that worked ok. Now I just need to find a way to convert the videos to avi or mpeg so they are easily viewable. Medo - I looked at updating to Firefor 3 but decided against it when I saw how many other things I had to update or install. I have not had a lot of luck with bz2 installations so I just decided to stay with what I already have. Several months ago I tried to update my system to 2008 but found that it was a piece of rubbish when I was unable to even configure my desktop graphics - 2006 is far better for me. Thankls for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo3891 Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 BTW the .tar.bz2 file you get from the firefox web site doesn't need installing at all. You just extract it and double click the file named "firefox" or open a terminal, navigate to the extracted folder and use this command: ./firefox You can create a Link to Application and point it to the firefox file in the extracted folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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