Can't Run in Firefox 6

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btreloar

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Aug 22, 2011, 12:28:06 PM8/22/11
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I have version 1.8.1 and it's suddenly not working after upgrading to
Firefox 6. In the Firefox Add-Ons Manager, Firebug 1.8.1 is listed. If
I click on the Compatibility button, it displays the alert "This add-
on no longer works."

What should I do to fix this?

Jan Honza Odvarko

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Aug 22, 2011, 12:42:08 PM8/22/11
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I don't understand what is causing these problems.

Please try to create a new Firefox profile install just Firebug into
it and let us know if it helps.

http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Installing_in_a_clean_profile

Honza

Mark Silver

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Aug 23, 2011, 10:39:10 AM8/23/11
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Hi there

I'm having the same problem. I've actually uninstalled Firefox 6 and
reinstalled with a new completely clean profile, and I still get the
error: 'The add-on could not be installed because it does not mach the
add-on Firefox expected' when trying to install from the Mozilla site,
and the error: 'This add-on could not be installed because it appears
to be corrupt' when trying to manually install the file 'firebug-1.8.1-
fx.xpi'.

Very strange..

Mark

On Aug 22, 5:42 pm, Jan Honza Odvarko <odva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't understand what is causing these problems.
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> Please try to create a newFirefoxprofile install just Firebug into
> it and let us know if it helps.
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> http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Installing_in_a_clean_profile
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> Honza
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> On Aug 22,6:28 pm, btreloar <rankma...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I have version 1.8.1 and it's suddenly not working after upgrading to
> >Firefox6. In theFirefoxAdd-Ons Manager, Firebug 1.8.1 is listed. If

Meteor

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Aug 23, 2011, 11:53:02 PM8/23/11
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On my PC, Firebug is OK on Firefox 6.

Erik

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Aug 24, 2011, 4:57:09 PM8/24/11
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Firefox upgraded itself to 6 and Firebug stopped working. When I click
on the Tools menu nothing is available.

I upgraded to 1.8.1 and that didn't help at all. I tried uninstalling
Firefox and Firebug and then installing the two of them again 6 and
1.8.1 and I Firebug options are still not available in my Tools menu.

Jan Honza Odvarko

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Aug 25, 2011, 3:05:03 AM8/25/11
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Install and uninstall usually doesn't help in these cases. You need to
create a new Firefox profile:
http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Installing_in_a_clean_profile

Honza

Poltoraki

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Aug 25, 2011, 10:25:46 AM8/25/11
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I just want to confirm this issue: I have Mac OS 10.6.8, Firefox 6.0
and Firebug 1.8.1. Suddenly it started to work partially. Firefox
doesn't show Firebug in tools menu. Firebug starts automatically when
I launch Firefox, but if I close Firebug window there is no way to
relaunch it again. Upgrade to Firefox 1.9.0a0 did not help. I created
new Firefox profile and it didn't help ether.

Mark Silver

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Sep 23, 2011, 10:03:16 AM9/23/11
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Hi Jan

Just wondering if there's any update on this problem? I tried deleting
and reinstalling Firefox 6 twice, and still I get the message "This
add-on could not be installed because it appears to be corrupt". I
tried creating a new profile also with the steps here:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles but the command /
Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -ProfileManager
doesn't work for me on a Terminal command line.

If I can't get it working, I'll just see if I can revert back to
Firefox 5 somehow.

Thanks

Mark
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