It is possible to install Firefox add-ons for all users that use a computer instead of installing them for every user separately. This is helpful if you are the computer guy in the family for instance and want everyone to have a basic set of extensions enabled that add functionality and security to the accounts.
The process of installing Firefox add-ons globally looks like the following. Download the xpi file instead of clicking on it which would install it directly. Once the add-on has been downloaded you use the following command at the run prompt (type Windows R): firefox -install-global-extension
Let me give you an example: firefox -install-global-extension c:\extension.xpi. The add-on will be silently installed and is available normally afterwards in the Tools > Add-ons menu of Firefox. Only administrators may uninstall the add-on but it is working for all users who are running Firefox.
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damn, martin, you’re a genius with this stuff, so here’s a question for a genius: is this possible for prism?
[ prism -install-global-extension c:\extension.xpi ]
can extensions be added to prism at all?
yes, it is possible
i’m usin firefox extensions in Prism!
you just simply put your .xpi file into prism/extensions folder, and upon the next page start it will ask you to install that addon
if you dont have an “extensions” folder in your Prism application folder, just create it there
… What about in Ubuntu?
Why would you think it would be any different?
Thank you!
Just what I needed for installing an add-on onto a Tarantella (Citris-like) server for various users.
after entering this command, addon gets installed, but it shows incompatible
does it work with ff 3.5 ?
its just copied from http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installing_extensions
This method also works on Thunderbird.
Thunderbird -install-global-extension “filepath.xpi”
not available in firefox 3.6
Has any one found a workaround to 3.6??
Hello Martin, I hope that this hepl me with installation Firefox with extension in our highschool, but it seems doesn’t work with Firefox 5.01. We have Win 7 Pro 32-bit. Only what I need is automatically install extensions for each created user. Also I can modify local default user of Windows, but I don’t know how, when “Copy profile to default user” is disabled verison Vista.
Or anyone other has any idea? I can try to copy all setting manually or by some script…