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Veazer
Asked: 2012-05-08 00:51:05 +0800 CST

Unable to create .zip files or modify .xpi with file roller in Oneiric

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I'm trying to modify a Firefox plugin in .xpi format using file roller. When I try to resave the file after making modifications, I get an error:

7-Zip [64] 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=en_US.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,4 CPUs)

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Updating archive /home/user/Desktop/myplugin.xpi

System error:
E_INVALIDARG

If I try to just save it as a .zip instead, I get this error:

An error occurred while adding files to the archive.

It works fine in maverick and precise, only my oneiric machine is unable to properly save the file. What steps can I take to find the cause of this problem?

file-roller zip

1 Answers

  1. It's possible to do this from the command line successfully with p7zip (which you seem to have installed).

    7z a myplugin.zip * ; mv myplugin.zip myplugin.xpi

    I think the problem is linked to p7zip because it autodetects the type of archive to use from the filename suffix.

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