157182 - unix users cannot install new search plugins without write permission to mozilla installation directory

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 123315

(SeaMonkey :: Search, defect)

Description

[Noah Friedman]

If mozilla is installed system-wide and users do not have write permission
to the searchplugins directory, they cannot download and install new search
plugins.

There should be a way for users to install search plugins into their own
plugin directory, for a couple of reasons.  One is that software
installations are usually shared on unix platforms and write permission may
be restricted.  But the other is that search plugins ought to survive an
upgrade to newer versions of the browser; if the searchplugins directory is
blown away (or the new version is installed in another directory), someone
has to reinstall the search plugin.

I suggest supporting a $HOME/.mozilla/searchplugins, much as
$HOME/.mozilla/plugins is currently supported.

Comment 1

[julius ross]

I think this is a duplicate of 123315

Comment 2

[Erich 'Ricky' Iseli]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 123315 ***