Unable to install firefox add-ons

[Gianluca Sforna]

On 3/23/07, Christopher Aillon <caillon at redhat.com> wrote:
> Gianluca Sforna wrote:
> > Am I the only one unable to install firefox add-ons with
> > firefox-1.5.0.10-5.fc6 ?
> > For example, trying to install this:
> >
> > https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/
> >
> > I get: Software installation is currently disabled. Click Edit
> > Options... to enable it and try again.
> >
>
> It should be registering as an extension, not "software" which is
> reserved for the firefox application itself.  Software updating is
> disabled because we use yum/rpm for installing and updating firefox.  Do
> other extensions work properly?
>

No, I get the same messa with each and every extension I try to load.
The could be probably related to the fact my home directory is an
"ancient" one: I think I will try moving away my .mozilla dir and see
if that changes something.

Thanks for the info