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October 23, 2011 19:15
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Bash script to install firefox extension xpi (for all users by default)
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#!/bin/bash | |
EXTENSIONSDIR="/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions" | |
TMP="/tmp/firefox-extension-install-temp" | |
[ x"$1" == "x" ] || [ ! -f $1 ] && echo "Specify valid .xpi file as argument." && exit 1 | |
sudo rm -rf $TMP 2>/dev/null | |
mkdir -p "$TMP" | |
trap "sudo rm -rf $TMP 2>/dev/null" 1 2 3 15 | |
unzip "$1" -d "$TMP" &> /dev/null | |
for token in `cat $TMP/install.rdf` ; do | |
echo "$token" | grep "urn:mozilla:install-manifest" &> /dev/null && after_manifest_declaration=true | |
if $after_manifest_declaration; then | |
if echo "$token" | grep 'em:id=\"' ; then | |
extension_id=`echo "$token" | sed 's/.*em:id="\(.*\)".*/\1/'` | |
elif echo "$token" | grep '<em:id>' ; then | |
extension_id=`echo "$token" | sed 's#.*<em:id>\(.*\)</em:id>.*#\1#'` | |
fi | |
[ x"$extension_id" == "x" ] || break | |
fi | |
done | |
rm -rf "$EXTENSIONSDIR/$extension_id" 2>/dev/null | |
[ x"$extension_id" == "x" ] && echo "Could not determine extension id" && exit 1; | |
sudo mkdir -p "$EXTENSIONSDIR" | |
sudo mv "$TMP" "$EXTENSIONSDIR/$extension_id" && echo "$(basename $1) installed to $EXTENSIONSDIR/$extension_id" | |
sudo rm -rf $TMP 2>/dev/null |
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