Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:50:57 +1000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adobe Flash Player Petition Message-ID: <1207785057.16346.194.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20080410004312.5c7a544d.herbert.raimund@gmx.net> References: <20080410004312.5c7a544d.herbert.raimund@gmx.net>
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On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 00:43 +0200, herbert langhans wrote: > Thanks to all the input I found a solution what works for me: > > FreeBSD 7.0 and Firefox 3.0a2 (the firefox-devel port) > > 1. I deinstalled swfdec. > 2. Closed Firefox and renamed .mozilla to .mozilla.backup > 3. Started firefox so to generate a new and clean .mozilla > 4. #make install /usr/ports/www/nspluginwrapper > 5. Downloaded > http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Linux > --the .tar.gz format. > 6. Extract libflashplayer.so from install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz and copy it to ~/.mozilla/plugins > 7. Then, as normal user: > $nspluginwrapper -v -a -i (to install) > $nspluginwrapper -l (to check if its installed) > 8. Copied the settings, like bookmarks.html and other stuff like themes from .mozilla.backup to .mozilla (dont copy the whole bunch back not to overwrite the plugin settings) > 9. My /etc/rc.conf has the entry linux_enable="YES" -- I suppose this is necessary. > > That way you can enter the wonderful world of annoying advertisment even without using Windows.. Good to know. I was going to have a crack at it again once I got the chance... Can you whip up a how-to for a newbie so we can direct them to there in the future?
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