Re: Need to be root to install plugins. was Re: [SLUG] Firebird Googlesearch to do Australia?

[Peter Hardy <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/15/04 11:17, Peter Hardy wrote:
> On 07/15/04 11:05, Michael Lake wrote:
> > I could not find any option in the preferences to tell it to install 
> > plugins into its own directory .firefix/plugins. I do not intend to 
> > login as root and install plugins.
>
>
> A lot of extensions have the option of installing globally or in a 
> user's home directory. It's a shame the search plugins don't. In fact, I 
> think I'm going to go file a bug.

Too late!
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123315

> In the meantime, though, I guess you could try grabbing 
> http://mycroft.mozdev.org/plugins/googleAU.src and putting that in a 
> searchplugins directory under your homedir.

Er, read that as "under your local firefox dir". Or somesuch.

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Pete