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[Chris Coulson <chris.coulson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1069793 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069793

** Package changed: firefox (Ubuntu) => unity-firefox-extension (Ubuntu)

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1069793
   Can't install search engines (Tramples over window.external)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1491969

Title:
  Search extensions from addons.mozilla.org can't be installed

Status in unity-firefox-extension package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This seems to be a bug in the Ubuntu version of Firefox -- started
  with a Mozilla ticket here
  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1166508

  The short version is that search extensions from addons.mozilla.org
  fail to install with the error "Sorry, you need a Mozilla-based
  browser (such as Firefox) to install a search plugin." This can be
  observed either by navigating directly to, e.g.,
  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wolfram-alpha-
  searchextension/ OR by going to Preferences | Search | Add more search
  engines... in the Firefox menu.

  I just got a chance to try this immediately after a fresh install of
  14.04.3 x64 desktop, fresh /home and everything, and got the same
  error. So, it seems to clearly be an Ubuntu bug. However, deleting the
  preinstalled plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ doesn't work around
  the issue. The only thing that does is restarting in safe mode (via
  the Firefox help menu).

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