Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:03:18 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> Cc: Eduardo Cerejo <ejcerejo@optonline.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to uninstall a flash port. Message-ID: <47E57416.6030809@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <47E55F3D.4040409@hdk5.net> References: <47E46EA9.9020403@hdk5.net> <20080321234329.6d2d21e0.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <47E55F3D.4040409@hdk5.net>
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Al Plant wrote: > Eduardo Cerejo wrote: >>> I installed the Linux flash9 port on a new 7.0 box to work with >>> SeaMonkey and it dies when it reaches flash using sites. >>> >>> How can I de-install this port with out causing problems to other >>> programs? >>> >>> I cant find it in the handbook how to's. Im I missing something? >>> >>> Thanks... >>> >> >> by the way you can use linux-flash7 instead and if you are using the >> native FreeBSD firefox and not linux-firefox you have to install and >> use nspluginwrapper or else it will not work, your second alternative >> is gnash which works natively with firefox. To use nspluginwrapper >> you would have to run this after the install. >> nspluginwrapper -i >> /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so >> remember for the linux plugins to embed on the native firefox they >> need some kind of wrapper. Flashplugin9 will not work with native >> firefox or linux-firefox and I think it's because the linux emulator >> uses an old version of linux so we have to wait until it changes to a >> more current version. >> Sorry not a response to the OP but hopefully useful correction: %uname -sr FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE %pkg_info -Ix firefox firefox-2.0.0.12_1,1 Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla %pkg_info -Ix plugin linux-flashplugin-9.0r115 Adobe Flash Player NPAPI Plugin nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5 A compatibility plugin for Netscape 4 (NPAPI) plugins ... I don't actually see a lot of flash as I have flashblock installed but I can't recall having probs when I have chosen to view it, except it still doesn't work with youtube. I've just installed wine and win32 firefox+flashplugin for youtube and bbc iplayer and that works fine. Chris
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