Closed Bug 1329495 Opened 7 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Instructions for installing add-on are incorrect and equal a deadend no install

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Untriaged, defect)

45 Branch
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: l_g_griffin, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0
Build ID: 20161209095719

Steps to reproduce:

Tried to follow thse directions;

1.    Download and save the file to your hard disk.

2.    In Mozilla Thunderbird, open Add-ons from the Tools menu.

3.    From the options button next to the add-on search field, select "Install Add-on From File..." and locate the downloaded add-on.



Actual results:

My OS is Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I'm trying to install importexporttools-3.2.4.1-sm+tb.xpi. The instruction in no way match what I see on the monitor. I place the add-on name in the search box and it is not found. There is no way to browse files and no instructions as to where the file is suppose to be. The file is downloaded and imy download directory.


Expected results:

install add-on
Error on my part
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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