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I am trying to package an add-on that I created with a custom installer for firefox nightly, but the add-on is not being automatically installed with the browser.

I followed the instructions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/repackaging-windows-installer and at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/deploying-firefox-with-extensions, but to no avail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am trying to package an add-on that I created with a custom installer for firefox nightly, but the add-on is not being automatically installed with the browser. I followed the instructions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/repackaging-windows-installer and at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/deploying-firefox-with-extensions, but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Did you sign the add-on on AMO?

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No, but using firefox nightly, I changed the setting xpinstall.signatures.required to false using a preferences file in browser/defaults/preferences and thought that should work. Is that not possible?

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> No, but using firefox nightly, I changed the setting xpinstall.signatures.required to false using a preferences file in browser/defaults/preferences and thought that should work. Is that not possible?

Did you make that change in the nightly you were packaging as well?

I can't make any guarantees that will work with nightly.

I would recommend signing the addon on AMO as an unlisted addon.

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Yes, I made that change, and when I reloaded it on a new profile, it worked.

But I will sign the addon as unlisted, as you suggested

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If you need an "official" version of Firefox that definitely supports unsigned addons, you can use the ESR.

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Thank you, that was very helpful