Add engines... not working in Firefox

Aletheuo · 2004-09-30 20:42:29

When click the drop down G button on the search bar to Add engines such as other search engines, it pulls up a web page where you can click on a search engine to add.
When you click on the search engine you want you get the dialog box saying it is added, but it does not appear in the G button drop down list to choose, anybody have an idea how to fix that?

I've noticed this behavior through several Firefox versions in the mozilla-firefox package.

Thanks,
Craig

Dusty · 2004-09-30 22:07:36

Run firefox as root to install engines. I don't know why, but it insists on installing them to the firefox directory in /opt; you'd think if a user tried to install them it'd install them to the home directory, but... no.

Dusty

phrakture · 2004-09-30 22:46:35

try checking about:config and see if there is a setting for the loc

Aletheuo · 2004-09-30 22:48:49

I was able to run Firefox as root and create the needed engines.
Thanks for the fix!

Craig

kakabaratruskia · 2004-09-30 23:01:57

You can also give writing rights to everyone for the /opt/mozilla-firefox/lib/forefox_pkver/searchplugins folder.

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#1 2004-09-30 20:42:29

Add engines... not working in Firefox

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Re: Add engines... not working in Firefox

#3 2004-09-30 22:46:35

Re: Add engines... not working in Firefox

#4 2004-09-30 22:48:49

Re: Add engines... not working in Firefox

#5 2004-09-30 23:01:57

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