Report ID 440071018 - Pythonext, Firefox 5, lab deployments

englishIU
Hello,

I'm trying to deploy Zotero to Mac labs running Firefox 5.0.1/OS 10.6.8, where local user home directories do not persist.

I've put all three extensions (zotero@chnm.gmu.edu, zoteroMacWordIntegration@zotero.org, and pythonext@mozdev.org) in /Library/Application Support/Mozilla/Extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}. Zotero and the MacWordIntegration extensions work, but pythonext does not function from this location. If I try to Add a Citation in Word, it returns a Zotero Integration Error:

[JavaScript Error: "[Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.getService]" nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/integration.js :: _callIntegration :: line 463" data: no]" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/integration.js" line: 463}

However, if I manually install the pythonext extension as a local user, Word Integration works immediately.

Is there a recommended way to deploy pythonext in a lab environment and prevent users from having to install it each time?
  • Simon
    We can fix this in the next PythonExt build, but for now, you could put it in /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/extensions and I think it ought to work.
  • englishIU
    Thanks for this, but unfortunately I still get the integration error if I move the pythonext directory to /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/extensions and start over with a fresh user profile. Even though pythonext shows up as installed in Firefox's Add-ons, the Word scripts will not work unless I've installed it in the local user profile.

    Any further advice is appreciated!
  • Simon
    I just tested putting everything in /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/extensions here and it works fine with a new profile. (This is the same basic directory structure we use in Zotero Standalone, so it better.) Are you sure that Zotero and Zotero MacWord Integration are getting picked up?
  • englishIU
    Ah, okay. I had to start from scratch with all three extensions. Now it appears to be working properly within Firefox.app. Thank you!

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