Kubuntu Firefox Plugin/Add on Problem [RESOLVED]
First thing t tried after installing Kubuntu is my favorite browser, Firefox. It is not installed by default but installing it is easy. Konqueror is a decent browser but I just can’t resist the power of Firefox.
Firefox 3 is included in the add/remove programs. I’m very excited to try it. Installation is a breeze and downloadiing took no longer than 3 minutes in a 1 Mbps connection. After loading FF3, I immediately tried my plugin for PR and Alexa, the Search Status plugin. Unfortunately, the plugin is not yet supported. So i don’t have an option now but to go back to Firefox 2.
I uninstalled FF3 and intalled FF2 at the same time.
One thing I noticed is how fast the Firefox 2 browser loads up after clicking on it. If you’re a windows xp user, you know what I am talking about. It is used to be slow in XP, probably about 5-6 seconds to pull up the browser. In kubuntu, it just took 2 seconds! yes, 2 seconds! Now that’s what I call S-P-E-E-D.
But here’s the thing, Firefox plugin’s cant be installed and this is the first time I encountered such error. You will get something like this:
![firefox%20addon%20error Kubuntu Firefox Plugin/Add on Problem [RESOLVED]](http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/9/1749988/firefox%20addon%20error.png "Kubuntu Firefox Plugin/Add on Problem [RESOLVED]")
Luckily, I found a very easy workaround to have this bug fixed. You will need to open the terminal and just run a simple command. (this is the first time I ran the terminal in kubuntu)
Click the K menu > Go to System > Click K terminal.
On the terminal screen type:
mv .mozilla dot_mozilla
That’s it. Close the terminal and re-launch Firefox. Firefox add ons can now be installed jut like before. I still don’t know whats the meaning of that command, I’ll try to research a little bit in the future.
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.mozilla is the hidden folder with all mozilla software settings. Basically, you’re forcing the browser to create a new – clean – profile from scratch. You can safely delete that dot_mozilla folder from your home folder – it’s no longer used.