@Kirk M Apologies accepted ;-) The version via your link installs ok on FF3.6!
Thanks for your support. On 11 mrt, 15:36, Kirk M <[email protected]> wrote: > My apologies. I was taking care of more than one problem at the same > time when I responded to you and gave you the wrong URL. Here is the one > I should have posted. The site has both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions > of Gears that work with Firefox 3.6 compiled into .xpi files. Just > install like you would a regular Firefox extension. I use the 32 bit > version myself with no problem (these were compiled by someone else in > this group): > > http://gears64.org/build/05340/3417 > > Again, sorry for the mix up. > > On 03/11/2010 04:04 AM, sweatshirt wrote: > > > Thanks for responding. > > The page you are referring to clearly states it is not for Linux. > > As you may have noted I run the kubuntu distribution. > > So this one will not work. > > > On 10 mrt, 17:15, Kirk M<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Sweatshirt - This version off the Mozilla Add-ons site works for Firefox > >> 3.6, both standard and portable versions. The official version from the > >> Google Gears site should work okay for 3.5.8. > > >>https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13492(for3.6) > > >> Once Gears is installed, check it out to make sure it's working ( make > >> sure you get a dialog box when clicking on "Tools/Gears Settings", etc). > >> If it is, which it should be, you can ignore the error message you > >> referenced in your message. It's a minor compatibility checking glitch > >> in the Gears coding and actually means nothing. > > >> HTH > > >> On 03/09/2010 04:53 AM, sweatshirt wrote: > > >>> From AdWords Google advised me to install gears. > > >>> Tested config: > >>> - kubuntu 9.10 (karmic) > >>> - Firefox-3.5.8 > >>> - Firefox-3.6 > > >>> Tested gears: > >>> - from download site: gears-linux-opt.xpi > >>> - from suggestion in discussion group: gears-linux-x86_64- > >>> opt-0.5.34.0.xpi > > >>> Description: > >>> Whatever combination of FF and gears i get the same error on > >>> installation: > > >>> incompatible extension: > >>> ... not compatible with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3) .... > > >>> How can this be made to work? > > >>> Thanks
