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Thanks to http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/applications/google-toolbar-on-iceweasel.jspx for this info. It worked perfectly for me.

Installing the Google Toolbar on Iceweasel running Debian.

Developed By: Graham Smith and Hazel Rudge-Pickard

The Google toolbar is a useful addition to the Firefox browser. While it certainly collects some data from you the reward for that, for me at least, is the ability to use the bookmark feature. It’s not the greatest bookmark utility every but I find it really useful as I commonly work on three or more machines.

There is a problem on Debian though. Due to trademark restrictions on the name Firefox the one true browser has to be given a different name. The name the Debian crew chose was Iceweasel. This is all well and good but the browser also reports this name in the user-agent string. The user-agent string is sent with every request to a web site and can be used to send a different page based on the browser that is going to receive it.

The Google toolbar installer checks this user-agent string to determine which version of Firefox is currently running. Since the Debian version of the browser reports itself as Iceweasel the installer believe it’s looking at a different browser and asks you to install the latest Firefox. The fix for this “problem” is really simple.

Open a new tab and in the address bar enter about:config. This will open a page that shows all the browsers settings. In the filter box at the top of the page enter useragent. This should reduce the number of settings to around a dozen. There should be a setting called general.useragent.extra.firefox. Double click on this to edit it. Change Iceweasel to Firefox and ok the box. The toolbar should now install.