I installed the the latest Add-On SDK by Mozilla (version 1.15). Installation was successful and when I execute cfx I get a list of all possible commands. I made a new separate empty folder, cd'd into it and ran cfx init. This was also successful and all necessary folders and files got created.
Now when I try to run the extension or test it, I get the following error:
I can't find the application binary in any of its default locations on your system. Please specify one using the -b/--binary option.
I have tried looking up the docs to see what kind of file I should be looking for but was unsuccessful in solving the issue. I tried to create an empty bin folder within the add-on folder and i have tried initiating the template in different parents and sub-folders. I still get the same message.
I'm running on a Mac, OSX Mavericks 10.9.1
What's going on here exactly?
It's looking for the Firefox binary file, not your application's binaries. You have to install Firefox because cfx run will open a browser with your add-on installed so you can use it and test it live.
If firefox is already installed, then it is in a non-standar path, so you must tell cfx command where to find it, this way:
cfx run -b /usr/bin/firefox
or
cfx run -b /usr/bin/firefox-trunk
These examples are ony valid in some Linux distros like Ubuntu, you will have to find the firefox binary file in Mac OSX.