Installing Mozilla extension from command line
Solution 1:
Taken from Mozillazine...
Generic Install
firefox.exe -install-global-extension extension.xpi
Specific Profile
firefox.exe -profile "path to profile folder" -install-global-extension extension.xpi
Batch Install
for %%e in ("path to extensions\*.xpi") do "firefox.exe" -install-global-extension "%%e"
for %%e in ("path to themes\*.jar") do "firefox.exe" -install-global-theme "%%e"
Someone in the thread asserts they work for Thunderbird in the same manner.
Solution 2:
Check this post out, might help you.
Solution 3:
The command line option -install-global-extension
has been deprecated as of Gecko 1.9.2, FF 3.6.x, TB 3.1.x.
Mozilla now suggest to:
Copy the
.xpi
file into the<installation_directory>\extensions
folder.
Solution 4:
Here http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/74-ubuntu/271-ubuntu-firefox-thunderbird-addon-commandline is mozilla-extension-manager
bash script that can automate downloading xpi file, installing and removing Mozilla Firefox extensions (local or globally) via cli (command line) commands without gui.