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How to integrate a third party xpi into firefox's install-package

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王鹏

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Oct 12, 2008, 10:47:18 PM10/12/08

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Hey!

I want to integrate xpi file into firefox's install-package, so that while
someone install this package, the xpi extensions could be installed
automatically.

I view the firefox's source tree, and there is a folder named "extensions",
there are some extensions(venkman、spellcheck) in this "extensions" folder,
I add "ac_add_options --enable-extensions=venkman,spellcheck" into
".mezconfig" file, then these extensions are now considered an integral part
of the browsing experience.

Now, theres is a third party xpi, how to add this xpi file into the
"extensions" folder so that the firefox build system could recognize and
integrate this xpi ?

Thanks!

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Roc.King
Tech.Motley

marffin

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Oct 12, 2008, 11:22:13 PM10/12/08

you mean you have a dependency issue with your extension?

As far as I know there is no mechanism in firefox to deal with that.
Every extension should be a little independent unit.

Edward Hibbert

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Oct 13, 2008, 4:13:59 AM10/13/08

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I have a similar requirement. My extension depends on Java, and locating and installing the correct version of Java is a bit of a faff. It's also best used in conjunction with a couple of other extensions.

People often get confused and fail to install it properly - we geeks who write them find such stuff second nature and forget that it's all bewildering for a lot of real people. So for such users, the ability to provide a packaged version of Firefox with several extensions installed would be useful.

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