Installing Ubiquity

To install Ubiquity for development purposes to your default Firefox profile, just enter the root directory of your Ubiquity source code checkout and run:

python manage.py install

If you have a separate profile that you’d prefer to install the extension under, such as ‘testing’, you can add that as an optional parameter:

python manage.py install –profile=testing

Using Ubiquity

Once Ubiquity has been installed, you should be able to start up Firefox and press Ctrl+Space or Alt+Space (depending on your OS). A command entry window should pop up, which–for the time being–is the primary way through which Ubiquity commands are entered. Now type ‘help’ and press enter. The page that shows up should guide you from there.

Uninstalling Ubiquity

Just run “python manage.py uninstall”, optionally specifying a profile name/directory if necessary. Alternatively, you can also uninstall the extension through the normal Firefox addon management UI.

Building an XPI

To build an XPI for Ubiquity, just run:

python manage.py xpi

This will create an XPI with the name “ubiquity-.xpi”, where ““ is taken from the contents of the “em:version” element in the “ubiquity/install.rdf” file.

Test Suite

Once the extension is installed, the Ubiquity test suite can be run at:

chrome://ubiquity/content/test.html

Alternatively, the suite can be run from the command-line with:

python manage.py test