427530 - every try to install an addon from addons.mozilla.org and from harddisk-folder fails (Install **FAILED** with error -203)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 356370

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[mey.wer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13

Tried to install addons (open xpi-files)
firefox downloades them but then appears a failure-message.
.mozilla/firefox/….default/install.log looks like:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/downloads/file/25779/noscript-1.5.6-fx+mz+sm.xpi  --  2008-04-07 16:35:05
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


     Install **FAILED** with error -203  --  2008-04-07 16:35:22

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/downloads/file/24122/pdf_download-1.0.1.1-fx.xpi  --  2008-04-07 16:36:40
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


     Install **FAILED** with error -203  --  2008-04-07 16:36:53

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
file:///…/noscript-1.5.6-fx+mz+sm.xpi  --  2008-04-07 16:49:27
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


     Install **FAILED** with error -203  --  2008-04-07 16:49:55




Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.
2.
3.



searching the web, I found a hint to start firefox on command line by
# firefox -unlock-item "GUID" 
but what i have to put for GUID and if I have to do this as root or as user I don't know. It's not understandable at all, why this problem appears.

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Enable extensions.logging.enabled in about:config, then attempt to install and look for an error message in the error console.

Comment 2

[mey.wer]

Set extensions.logging.enabled in about:config true, but still get the same error-popup-window and entry in
.mozilla/firefox/….default/install.log

Comment 3

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Please provide the error message from tools - error console after you try to install an extension.

Comment 4

[mey.wer]

installLocation has no properties
file:///opt/firefox/components/nsExtensionManager.js line:3938

      var installLocation = this.getInstallLocation(item.id);

Comment 5

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Please attach copies of extensions.cache, extensions.ini and extensions.rdf from your profile folder.

Comment 6

[mey.wer]

Attachment: extensions.rdf from user-account

Comment 7

[mey.wer]

extensions.cache:

app-global	[e-mail]	[e-mail]	1205276923	needs-upgrade
app-global	[e-mail]	[e-mail]	0	needs-uninstall
app-global	{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}	rel%{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}	1205276922	
app-profile	{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}	rel%{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}	1207578905	needs-upgrade
app-profile	{37E4D8EA-8BDA-4831-8EA1-89053939A250}	rel%{37E4D8EA-8BDA-4831-8EA1-89053939A250}	1207579000	needs-upgrade


extensions.ini doesn't exist


In a subfolder named "extensions", there are two strange named empty subfolders and a subfolder "staged-xpis", which contains again two strange subfolders, which contain the xpi-files.


profiles.ini:

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=a4uuokr7.default


(btw - why mozilla gives such strange names to the default-user-profile-folders??? (here: a4uuokr7.default))