I just did a fresh installation of Edgy (beta), and I can't install
Google Toolbar:

"Google Toolbar for Firefox" could not be installed because it is not
compatible with your Firefox build type (linux-gnu_x86-gcc3). Please
contact the author of this item about the problem.

However, on another system that I upgraded from Dapper to Edgy, the
toolbar continued to work with the same firefox profile, so it seems as
if it shouldn't really be incompatible.

Is there a workaround for this?  (Besides just copying over my old
profile? :-) )

It's the same for me...
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5836/googletoolbargg0.jpg

Firefox:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20060601
BonEcho/2.0 (Ubuntu-edgy)

"Gecko/20060601 BonEcho/2.0" is a pretty old version of BonEcho/Firefox
2.  Is this what's installed when you use apt-get?  Maybe you could try
using one of Mozilla's official builds:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-rc.html

Just update to the general release of Firefox 2:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20060601
Firefox/2.0 (Ubuntu-edgy)

Also tried to install the toolbar again after clearing the cache and
get the same error as in the screenshot two posts up.  Is it possible
that it's choking on the safe browsing component of the toolbar?  On my
Windows box is shows that the GSB extension is not yet compatible with
Ff2.  If it's unrelated, is there a workaround or an update someplace?

Chris

Maybe the page is accidentally downloading the Windows version of the
toolbar? Are you able to install from this link?

http://dl.google.com/firefox/google-toolbar-linux.xpi

(I think you should be able to right-click and select "save as", then
drag the file from the folder you saved it to into your browser).

No luck.  I drag it onto the window and it brings up the add-ons window
but immediately displays the error message.

Since the message is about gcc3, I took a peek at what's installed.  I
have do have the base gcc3 files installed, but the generic gcc
package, which is also installed, is for 4.1.  The specific version of
the compiler on my system (Ubuntu Edgy) is 4.1.1-13ubuntu5.

Chris

I have the same "build type" (Linux-x86-gcc3) and I can install on my
copy of Ubuntu Dapper. It seems like the Firefox on Ubuntu Edgy is
having an issue with the targetPlatform being set to "Linux" in the
install.rdf file. Did you install the official Mozilla release from
http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0&os=...
as Tony suggested?

I have found a work around for the issue, but it is what I would call a
little dirty.

Anyway this is what I did:

Get the file using the command:
wget http://dl.google.com/firefox/google-toolbar-linux.xpi

I then opened up the file in Gnome Archive manager and deleted the 3
files in the META-INF directory, which appears to be the digital
signature for the package.

I then extracted the install.rdf dile and removed the following line:
    <em:targetPlatform>Linux</em:targetPlatform>

I then put this file back in the archive.

Firefox was then started and pointed it at the local edited file, and
the extension was installed, with a warning about the package not being
signed.

Again this is not a perfect solution far from it, but it does appear to
work.

Thanks

Woody

It's work!  
Thank a lot

env:ubuntu edgy

I also got it to work using the above process.  Thanks for that post!

Chris

Interesting tip, Woody. thanks for posting!

As you've all noticed, there seems to be a bug in Ubuntu Edgy where it
won't install if
the <em:targetPlatform> tag is set to Linux. I'm unsure if this is a
known issue among Edgy developers, as it's still in beta.

http://getswiftfox.com/debian.htm :-)

hmm...

Just from reading around dev blogs, it sounds like dling the latest
official Mozilla release of Firefox would have more chance of being
compatible with Google toolbar on Ubuntu Edgy than the debian Firefox.

Can anyone confirm this?

Pardon the previous reply.

That's not Debian Firefox.  That's "Swiftfox" which is available in
.dsb(s) and regular tarballs.  I pointed to the Debian packages page
since Ubuntu uses Debian packages (not to be confused with Debian
builds).

I don't understand this question.

I did confirm it, hence my previous post.   I'd have not suggested
Swiftfox if I hadn't confirmed it works (very nicely I might add).

Thanks for reporting the bug in launchpad... and thanks to the people
in the ubuntu forums

I made a fixed package, and attached it to the launchpad bug report.

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/68663

A fix to the toolbar should not be necessary.  Whatever Debuntu did to
Fireandicefoxweasel is the problem (as I pointed out in the bug just
before I wrote what you're reading now.

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/68663/comme...

My solution (to this and many other Firefox problems in Ubuntu)?:

http://getswiftfox.com