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firefox-launchpad-plugin package

installing Firefox plugins from add/remove applications doesn't work

Bug #134672 reported by Oren_B
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Bug Description

I'm using Gutsy and I updated my system about 30 minutes ago.
I read on the Tribe 5 release notes about the option to install Firefox plugins from the add/remove application. I tried to install the Launchpad integration plugin when Firefox was running, expecting to be asked to restart it, but I just got a message saying the plugin was installed. I checked on Firefox but didn't see this plugin on the Addons list. I restarted Firefox and it still wasn't there. I closed Firefox and removed the plugin from Add/remove applications, re-installed it, but it's still not there.
I checked if the Add/remove app works at all by installing Dia, which worked perfectly. Then I checked if the plugin was installed by mistake on Gran Paradiso, but it's not there either.

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

This is not a firefox bug or a firefox supported package due to that i assigned it to the correct package.

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Tero Karvinen (karvinen+launchpad) wrote : Also on Gutsy final

Same problem with Gutsy 7.10 final.

I just tried this on amd64 Gutsy Desktop. When I install software using Firefox: Addons: Get Ubuntu Addons, they are no longer shown as available for install but are not installed either.

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

Testing this on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) and this still doesn't work.

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Przemysław Grzegorczyk (pgrzegorczyk) wrote :

This plugin adds search engines and that's why Firefox don't show it in Addons list. Click on a down arrow in Firefox search bar to see that this package is installed.

Tested on Ubuntu 8.04.

Michael Garrido Saucedo - Xander21c (xander21c)
Changed in firefox-launchpad-plugin:
status: New → Confirmed
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emarkay (mrk) wrote :

This appears to still be a valid issue. Curious to see if this could be investigated before release of Lucid?

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emarkay (mrk) wrote :

Addition to prior comment - the note in #4 should be added in some manner to the documentation of this plugin , possibly here? :
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-launchpad-plugin/0.4

Also, the maintainers of this package's URL appears to be dead.
http://www.alveonet.org

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

The current description of the package reads as follows:

Description: Launchpad firefox integration
 Mozilla Firefox Launchpad integration adds quick search for:
  - A bug number on Launchpad
  - Ubuntu bugs on Launchpad
  - Ubuntu package bugs on Launchpad
  - Ubuntu specifications on Launchpad
  - Ubuntu packages on Launchpad
  - Ubuntu support tickets on Launchpad
  - People and teams on Launchpad

Is the term "quick search" an insufficient indicator as to where one can find the search options?

Changed in firefox-launchpad-plugin (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :

Ive installed xubuntu 9.10 3days ago and installed run this line
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install adblock-plus google-chrome-beta ntfs-config flashplugin-installer firefox-launchpad-plugin
as u can see that installs adblock-plus and firefox-launchpad-plugin witch are firefox addons.
Adblock plus works fine but launchpad plugin didnt came up so this affects only launchpad plugin

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emarkay (mrk) wrote :

Looks like "Incomplete" is not correct - it's a Documentation issue, not a bug.
Brian, agree?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for firefox-launchpad-plugin (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in firefox-launchpad-plugin (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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