Temporary Update

Posted on July 1, 2009 by la mogura

In the Box.net applet on the left I uploaded versions that will install and work on Firefox 3.5 but without any of the new features, so this is just a temporary fix until the real version is released.

Filed under: japanese

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15 Responses

  1. Arnaud, on July 1st, 2009 at 10:14 pm Said:

    Thanks for the quick update.

    Arnaud

  2. icmason, on July 6th, 2009 at 12:02 am Said:

    how do you install the perakun xpi file?

  3. Meng Bomin, on July 6th, 2009 at 5:45 pm Said:

    how do you install the perakun xpi file?

    Open it with Firefox.

  4. skloos, on July 7th, 2009 at 1:17 pm Said:

    To install the new Perapera-kun with Firefox 3.5, just drag the icon for the xpi file onto the Firefox icon. So, what I did was to install the xpi file onto my desktop, then I dragged it on top of the Firefox icon that was also on my desktop and that started the install process and it works.

    There are web sites that have other ways that seem to me a bit more complicated but you can try them, too:
    http://veerasundar.com/blog/2009/05/installing-firefox-add-ons-using-the-xpi-file/

    http://www.universefirefox.com/how-to/how-to-install-xpi-and-jar-firefox-add-ons-and-themes

  5. jaaronfarr, on July 30th, 2009 at 7:11 pm Said:

    Having trouble downloading within China because:

    1. wordpress.com is blocked
    2. tor, which can get around the block, doesn’t load up flash so I can’t see the box.net applet

    Can you just post the link for the download?

  6. registered99, on August 5th, 2009 at 6:47 pm Said:

    Hi, I couldn’t find your email address,but wanted to ask:
    Is it possible for you to do a version of Perapera that has Cantonese pronunciations? This would be killer in my studies.
    There are free dictionaries available, so I do not think it would be hard technically.

    If I can do anything, let me know

    Thanks for the Japanese and Mandarin versions

  7. gigfy, on August 9th, 2009 at 9:21 am Said:

    Hello,

    I am having a hard time installing. I am running FF 3.5.2.

    I can download the file, and when I try to load it into FF, I get a Install Add-on window, which I click Install. Then I get the following error message window.

    Firefox could not install the file at
    file:///C:/chineseperakun1.05(FF3.5).xpi
    because: Not a valid install package
    -207

    Help!?!?

    Thanks
    gigfy

    • gigfy, on August 9th, 2009 at 10:27 pm Said:

      Thank you!

      Something was preventing FF from downloading. I’m not really sure what was happening. It appeared to download just fine but it was only 2kb in size. I successfully downloaded it with IE.

      After that, it installed and works just fine. :-)

      Cheers,
      gigfy

  8. danroggenkamp, on August 9th, 2009 at 5:08 pm Said:

    Works on 3.5.2 running on FC11 x64. Thank you!

  9. Gandoon, on August 18th, 2009 at 8:33 am Said:

    But the old Rikaichan dictionaries and name lists are not compatible with this temporary update for FF 3.5.2.
    Am I missing something here?

  10. chrisleung, on August 30th, 2009 at 12:34 am Said:

    Can’t download from the box on the left. It says “Out of bandwidth”. :-(

  11. mlefkon, on September 3rd, 2009 at 6:45 am Said:

    For those behind the GFW or can’t otherwise get the update from Box.net, you can force Firefox to not check for version compatibility… though this might not be the healthiest thing for your FF. You need to add a ‘extensions.checkCompatibility’ property to the innards of FF by following the instructions on the following page:
    http://www.davidtan.org/making-old-extensions-work-in-firefox-3/

  12. Best Firefox Add-on for Chinese text-to-pinyin « Jean’s World, on October 11th, 2009 at 12:50 pm Said:

    [...] or hover-over characters, and did a quick search to find ChinesePera-kun.  After following the instructions to install it for Firefox 3.5, I enabled it by clicking on the little blue circle on my toolbar to toggle it on.  This is what [...]

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