videodownloadhelper--companion app problem again

[Seeker]

My MX ver is as follows: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo October 21 2019; base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
re copying the app (I understand this as the vdhcoapp-linux-x86_64.deb) "from here to there", how do I get to .config/firefox?

[Eadwine Rose]

As requested, doing so once more: Please share your full Quick System Info, found in the menu. Copy for forum, paste in a reply.. thanks.

[Charlie Brown]

... I understand this as the vdhcoapp-linux-x86_64.deb ...

Nope, once the installation is ok it generates the required files (.json) for the major browsers like Opera, FF, Chrome (and some 1-2 derivatives of them like Vivaldi etc.) in home folder ...

For FF it's (or it should be) already here:

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~/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/net.downloadhelper.coapp.json

[Stevo]

The latest deb will install onto the aging MX 19, but will silently fail due to a need for a newer libc6 than that release can provide. How do I know? This has come up here before.

That's why we ask the the QSI be provided at the start. It's not because we are nosy.

[Seeker]

well, still doesn't download, gives notification that companion app is needed despite that already has been installed. so taking advice of dukecomposed and going to the wiki. will report back later what's what. again, thanks,all.

[Seeker]

wait. did not see the last few messages. hoping can get assistance here. before giving my qsi below, must note I do not know how to get to the FF folders, etc as directed above. ok her is my qsi:

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System:    Kernel: 4.19.0-26-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-26-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.14.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo October 21  2019 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 4286CTO v: ThinkPad X220 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 4286CTO serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO 
           v: 8DET63WW (1.33 ) date: 07/19/2012 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 68.9 Wh (99.4%) condition: 69.3/85.9 Wh (80.7%) volts: 12.2 
           min: 10.8 model: SANYO 45N1175 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Not charging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19934 
           Speed: 833 MHz min/max: 800/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 833 2: 864 3: 954 4: 803 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics 
           vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0126 
           class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Chicony Lenovo Integrated Camera (0.3MP) type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
           bus-ID: 1-1.6:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b217 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.14.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.7x9.4") 
           s-diag: 485mm (19.1") 
           Monitor-1: VGA-1 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 434x236mm (17.1x9.3") 
           diag: 494mm (19.4") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.0 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.19.0-26-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 12.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
           port: 5080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
           modules: wl port: efa0 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 112.17 GiB (24.1%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: 3B6Q scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 463.73 GiB size: 455.38 GiB (98.20%) used: 112.17 GiB (24.6%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3641 
Repos:     Packages: 2254 note: see --pkg apt: 2248 lib: 1137 flatpak: 6 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list 
           1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 220 Uptime: 33m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 2.92 GiB (38.0%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 
           alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in default: Bash v: 5.0.3 running-in: quick-system-in 
           inxi: 3.3.06 

[Seeker]

hi steve: so I posted my qsi above. anything I can do so that the new vdh companion app will install and work with my "aging" mx-19?