VMware Remote Console Plug-in 2.5.0.100265 could not be installed because it is not compatible with Firefox 3.0.1.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
I was using Firefox 3.0 to access VMWare 2.0. It was working fine until Firefox was updated to 3.0.1. Not when I try to access the console it wants to reinstall the Plug-in when it does I receive an Error:
VMware Remote Console Plug-in 2.5.0.100265 could not be installed because it is not compatible with Firefox 3.0.1.
Do you know of a solution?
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jul 16 08:39:54 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64
Dear Wayne,
I think, it isn't a bug, mainly not an ubuntu and/or firefox bug, neither a vmware bug. vmware/ webAccess/ tomcat/ apache- tomcat- <VERSION> /webapps/ ui/plugin/ vmware- vmrc-linux- x86.xpi vmrc-linux- x64.xpi. 3.0.0.* </em:maxVersion > line to <em:maxVersion> 3.0.5.* </em:maxVersion >. vmrc-linux- x64.xpi) . (or just close the opened archive by mc)
There is an install.rdf file in extension-file (jar/xpi), wich is contains the informations about the destination requirements (e.g. minimum/maximum version number of firefox versions).
In the xpi file what is distributed by VMware the limits are 1.0 as minimum, and 3.0 as maximum, so, you need the edit it, before install into your browser.
Find the following file(s) on your vmware host:
/usr/lib/
or /usr/lib64/... or vmware-
Expand it (them) with unzip into a temporary directory, or open it (them) with midnight commander.
Find the install.rdf file in the root of this directory, and edit it with your favorite editor.
Modify the <em:maxVersion>
Save the file, and repack this directory with zip into a new archive with same name and extension (e.g. vmware-
Replace the original file with the new one (of course you need to back up the original versions).
After this step you can reinstall the extension through vmware UI without any problem.
Cheers, Peter