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web-ext doesn't look for Firefox Developer Edition
Is this a bug or feature request?
Feature Request
What is the current behavior?
Currently, if you run web-ext run with only Firefox Developer Edition installed the following error is thrown:
Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe ENOENT
at exports._errnoException (util.js:1026:11)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:193:32)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:359:16)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:74:11)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)
What is the expected or desired behavior?
I'd like web-ext to find the Firefox Developer Edition for me, so I don't have to --firefox every time I run it or ever. :wink:
Version information
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- Output of
web-ext --version: 1.6.0 - Output of
node --version: 6.9.1 - Output of
npm --version: 3.10.8 - Firefox version: 51.0a2 (developer edition in this case)
- Your OS and version: Windows Version 10.0.14393 Build 14393
Yeah, that would be nice to choose a sane default.
BTW, there is a shortcut for this: web-ext run --firefox=firefoxdeveloperedition and you can also set $FIREFOX in the environment.
oops, the aliases weren't documented. I fixed that in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/web-ext_command_reference?document_saved=true#--firefox
I guess it doesn't work on Windows or Linux. https://github.com/mozilla-jetpack/node-fx-runner/blob/master/lib/utils.js#L121
Any progress? After update, web-ext started asking us to upgrade Firefox, which is a bit weird since I don't have 32-bit Firefox installed. It might be better to change it to Could not find 64-bit Firefox at ${someLocation},
You are using 32-bit version of Firefox on 64-bit versions of the Windows.
Some features may not work correctly in this version. You should upgrade Firefox
to the latest 64-bit version now!
Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe ENOENT
at exports._errnoException (util.js:1050:11)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:193:32)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:367:16)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:80:11)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)
@eight04 Hmm, that sounds like a regression caused by https://github.com/mozilla-jetpack/node-fx-runner/pull/30 -- could you file a bug here with some details? Also, are you sue you aren't running a 32-bit version of Firefox? That's what the installer defaults to, I am told.
Yes. My system only has Developer Edition. It was 32-bit version, but after I saw the error message I upgraded it to 64-bit. However the error still presents and I finally noticed that the error is caused by this issue.
It works for me on 64bit
web-ext run -f "C:\Program Files\Firefox Developer Edition\firefox.exe"
web-ext 4.0.0, Windows 10
If Firefox Developer Edition 64-bit is the only Firefox installation on the host, Web-ext won't select it.
> [email protected] start:firefox C:\Users\basil\git\reusetab-firefox
> web-ext run --source-dir ./
Applying config file: .\package.json
Running web extension from C:\Users\basil\git\reusetab-firefox
You are using 32-bit version of Firefox on 64-bit versions of the Windows.
Some features may not work correctly in this version. You should upgrade Firefox to the latest 64-bit version now!
Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe ENOENT
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:229:19)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:406:16)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
Workaround: add --firefox=firefoxdeveloperedition argument (now works on Windows!).
