5) FAQ - FirebugWiki: Installation Issues
5.3) Can't Install Firebug on Windows
Installation Issues
Compatibility Firebug 1.9 will work with Firefox 6.0 up to Firefox 9.*
(or higher) Firebug 1.8 works with Firefox 5.0 up to Firefox 7.*
Firebug 1.7 works with Firefox 3.6 up to Firefox 5.*, see however
known issues. Firebug 1.6 works with Firefox 3.6 Firebug 1.5 works
with Firefox 3.5 and Firefox 3.6 Firebug 1.4 works with Firefox 3.0 up
to Firefox 3.6 (1.4.4) Firebug 1.3 works with Firefox 1.5 (1.3.0) up
to Firefox 3.0 Firebug 1.2 works with Firefox 2.0 and Firefox 3.0
Firebug 1.0 works with Firefox 1.5 and Firefox 2.0 Firebug Lite works
with IE, Safari, and Opera Please visit AMO for a full version
history. [edit] Installing in a clean profile To test for bugs
regarding interactions with other extensions or corrupted profiles,
you should do the following. Firefox and Firebug re-install rarely
fixes problems because the configuration files are not altered on
reinstall. So to clear out the configuration files you need to create
a new Firefox profile: [edit] Linux Way Exit Firefox Get to a command
line Run Firefox with -ProfileManager $ firefox -ProfileManager
Create New Profile Start Firefox with your new profile Load Firebug
into this clean profile. [edit] Windows Way Exit Firefox Get to a
command line Windows: Start->Run->"cmd" enter Run Firefox with
-ProfileManager (use quotes around the file name because of the spaces) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
-ProfileManager Create New Profile Start Firefox with your new profile Load Firebug into this clean profile. Read more about this on Mozilla
Support "Managing Profiles" [edit] Can't Install Firebug on Windows
Sometimes Firebug just won't get installed in Firefox using Windows.
The first thing to try is a new Firefox profile above. If that fails
you can dig deeper. Here are some recommended actions to take: With
Firefox closed, locate your profile directory, delete these temporary
files, they will be automatically re-created by Firefox:
extensions.ini extensions.cache extensions.rdf compreg.dat Disable any
Antivirus or BackUp program you may have running and then install
Firebug. It may be that some software is stopping Firefox creating the
file structures needed for the installation process. Run Firefox as
Administrator. It may be the same as in reason 2, because firefox
doesn't have enough permissions. Manually install Firebug. This can be
done easily, just unzip the XPI (it's a normal zipped file with the
extension changed) in your extensions folder, inside your profile. You
should unzip firebug's XPI content inside a folder named
'firebug@software.joehewitt.com'. Do this with Firefox closed. To get
the XPI go to Firebug on Addons.Mozilla.Org, right click on the "Add
to Firefox" button and select "Save Link As...".
