missing symlink prevents firefox from seeing the extension

[Sorin Ionescu]

Binary package hint: mozilla-beagle

mozilla-beagle gets installed into /usr/lib/firefox/extensions/{fda00e13-8c62-4f63-9d19-d168115b11ca}
In order for Firefox to see it, that location must be symlinked in /usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions

This is what Ubufox does, and it shows up.

I don't use Thunderbird, but I suspect that thunderbird-beagle has the same problem.

Tested with beagle 0.3.7.

[Michele Mangili (mangilimic)]

This problem doesn't affect thunderbird-beagle on Intrepid. I've installed it and it works great!

Thank you for reporting this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package beagle - 0.3.9-0ubuntu1

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beagle (0.3.9-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Fake merge from Debian packaging in pkg-cli-apps. Remaining Ubuntu changes
    - debian/control:
      + Rename ice{weasel,dove}-beagle to {mozilla,thunderbird}-beagle
        and update the dependencies accordingly.
      + Packages that Depend/Recommend/Suggest firefox (meta-package) must
        alternatively Depend/Recommend/Suggest abrowser
    - debian/rules:
      + Install the mozilla-beagle and thunderbird-beagle extensions.
    - ice{dove,weasel}.dirs:
      + Renamed to {mozilla,thunderbird}-beagle.dirs.
      + Fixed paths to point to usr/lib/{firefox,thunderbird}
    - Adjust build-dependencies for gnome-sharp2 transition.
    - Build-Depend on libgmime2.2a-cil rather than libgmime2.2-cil for the
      Mono 2.0 transition
  * New Debian changes:
  * New upstream bugfix release. (LP: #329205)
  * New upstream fixes crash when collapsing categories. (LP: #277083)
  * debian/patches/beagle_secure_scripts:
    + Update for new upstream changes
    + Add informative header
  * debian/patches/enhanced_logging_support:
    + Remove. Upstream now handles --debug passed to daemon
  * debian/patches/fix_Util.dll.config
    + Update for new upstream
    + Add header, because "no description" irks me.
  * debian/patches/fix_Beagle.Search.exe.config:
    + More dllmap madness!
  * debian/control:
    + Add explicit libexif-dev build-depends. Util.dll DllImports this library
      and explicit is better than implicit.
    + Add explicit libgnome-desktop-dev depends. Beagle.Search.exe DllImports
      this library.
    + libevolution3.0-cil -> libevolution5.0-cil (LP: 332784)
  * New Ubuntu changes:
  * debian/mozilla-beagle.links:
    + Link extension to /usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions, following the
      example of ubufox. Makes firefox actually see the plugin (LP: #245052)
  * debian/patches/fix_Beagle.Search.exe.config:
    + Use libgnome-desktop-2's Ubuntu SONAME
  * debian/control:
    + Add gnome-web-photo to Suggests (LP: #49512)

 -- Christopher James Halse Rogers <email address hidden> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:47:25 +1100