On my Gentoo Linux machine, I installed the Gentoo mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0.6 package. This is Firefox 1.0.6 the way it has been compiled by mozilla.org. It is installed in system directories (/opt/firefox) to which the normal user of course has no write permission.
In a new profile (ie. one with no other extensions, themes or customizations) I tried to install Adblock_Plus_0.5.8+_july19.xpi. After clicking on the link, I quit Firefox and restarted it. In the terminal from which I started firefox-bin, I get this error:
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$ /usr/bin/firefox-bin -ProfileManager
(Gecko:5533): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?)
(firefox-bin:5533): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?)
*** loading the extensions datasource
*** nsExtensionManager::_finishOperations - failure, catching exception so finalize window can close [Exception... "Cannot modify properties of a WrappedNative" nsresult: "0x80570034 (NS_ERROR_XPC_CANT_MODIFY_PROP_ON_WN)" location: "JS frame :: file:///opt/firefox/components/nsExtensionManager.js :: nsExtensionInstaller_install :: line 957" data: no]
Seems Adblock Plus won't install.This item will be uninstalled after you restart Firefox.
What am I doing wrong and how do I get it to install?
Thanks,
Alexander