How to install extension without visiting the add-on page

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1tane1
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How to install extension without visiting the add-on page

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Hello,
My company changed its internet security firewall. I recently changed my computer and now I cannot visit the add-on page of firefox. This page is blocked and so I cannot install extensions.
Do you have any idea about how to find the extension from another website or install extensions with a setup file?
I need these extensions
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MarkRH
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On the Add-ons page, if you click the Gear Icon drop-down, you can install one from a File. Just browse to where the .XPI file is located. So, you can download and save the extension from another system and copy it over to a USB stick or something. Of course, depending on where you work, they may not like you doing that either.
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Good way to get the sack if you get caught
What sort of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.
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1tane1
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MarkRH wrote:On the Add-ons page, if you click the Gear Icon drop-down, you can install one from a File. Just browse to where the .XPI file is located. So, you can download and save the extension from another system and copy it over to a USB stick or something. Of course, depending on where you work, they may not like you doing that either.
That method worked great, thank you very much =D>
malliz wrote:Good way to get the sack if you get caught
If I work fast then the company wins :)
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malliz wrote:Good way to get the sack if you get caught
1tane1 wrote:If I work fast then the company wins :)
Good luck with that. I'm sure management will see it as a win. :roll:
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Why are you using such an outdated Firefox 46 version?
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:46.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/46.0

You can look at the Firefox 52.6.0 esr version if you need to use extensions that aren't compatible with Firefox 57+.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/o ... tions/all/
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Why are you using such an outdated Firefox 46 version?
written from a user with
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0
ofc i can see a small difference.
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dickvl wrote:Why are you using such an outdated Firefox 46 version?
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:46.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/46.0

You can look at the Firefox 52.6.0 esr version if you need to use extensions that aren't compatible with Firefox 57+.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/o ... tions/all/
Well because electronic signature is compatiable with this version of firefox in my company. I don't know the details and it seems stupid :|
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