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aclap-dev / vdhcoapp

Companion application for Video DownloadHelper browser add-on
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Companion app not working #41

Closed ghost closed 5 years ago

ghost commented 5 years ago

Running Firefox 64 bit 63.0.1 on Fedora 28. I've installed the companion app from the downloads page into /opt/net.downloadhelper.coapp and run sudo /opt/net.downloadhelper.coapp/bin/net.downloadhelper.coapp-linux-64 install. I've restarted Firefox several times, but whenever I try to download a video, I get the message saying I need to install the companion app.

I'm wondering if this might be due to Fedora having a somewhat different filesystem layout compared to other distros. Would anybody be able to tell me where any log files or manifests might be located, so I can try and debug what's happening?

mi-g commented 5 years ago

If the coapp wouldn't work on Fedora, a lot of users would have complained about this so my guess is that your issue is specific to your environment.

Can you check this document and verify that the coapp manifests are at the expected location ?

webenhanced commented 5 years ago

On Fedora 28, it works great installed with the --user option. That is how I run it. Had no issues for ages now. Of course, this is OK as I am the only user on the computer.

For a system wide install, I would want the app to install into /usr/local/bin on Fedora. Much easier with permissions and SELinux. Being in /opt/ it could have permissions, selinux, or PATH troubles.

ghost commented 5 years ago

@mi-g both /usr/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/ and /usr/lib64/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/ had the manifests installed. Using --user during install as @webenhanced suggested fixed it.

Thanks for the help!