https://github.com/palant/autoinstaller

DEPRECATED: Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird extension that makes extension development easier: it allows automatically adding or updating browser extensions, e.g. via command line tools.
https://github.com/palant/autoinstaller

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DEPRECATED: Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird extension that makes extension development easier: it allows automatically adding or updating browser extensions, e.g. via command line tools.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/palant/autoinstaller
• Owner: palant
• License: mpl-2.0
• Archived: true
• Created: 2012-01-20T10:35:18.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-12-01T13:36:11.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-10T14:15:26.391Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 64.5 KB
• Stars: 43
• Watchers: 14
• Forks: 26
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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Extension Auto-Installer (DEPRECATED!)

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**IMPORTANT**: This extension is deprecated, it will not work in Firefox 57 and above. Providing comparable functionality in newer Firefox versions isn't possible.

Extension Auto-Installer is a helper for Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird extension developers: it allows automatically adding or updating browser extensions, e.g. via command line tools. This makes testing your changes easier. [Detailed description](https://palant.de/2012/01/13/extension-auto-installer)

Prerequisites

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* [Python 2.7](https://www.python.org/downloads/)

* [Jinja2 module for Python](http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/intro/#installation)

How to build

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Run the following command:

    python build.py build

This will create a development build with the file name like `autoinstaller-1.2.3.nnnn.xpi`. In order to create a release build use the following command:

    python build.py build --release

How to test

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Testing your changes is easiest if you already have Extension Auto-Installer installed, e.g. the [stable version](https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/autoinstaller/). Then you can push the current repository state to your browser using the following command:

    python build.py autoinstall 8888

Extension Auto-Installer will be updated automatically, without any prompts or browser restarts.