Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:36:45 +0100 From: "Arjan van Leeuwen" <freebsd-maintainer@opera.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Opera browser on FreeBSD Message-ID: <op.tj5qbjbya2sk4b@computer-van-arjan-van-leeuwen.local> References: <op.tjbxt3hjs9c57w@daniel_goldman.hsd1.md.comcast.net> <8b4c81f0611210631q3688e71bo3a8792ef79835903@mail.gmail.com> <op.tj44rq16a2sk4b@avl.oslo.opera.com> <20061206175159.GA1265@tuatara.fishballoon.org> <20061206204612.GA3796@tuatara.fishballoon.org>
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Op Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:46:12 +0100 schreef Scott Mitchell = <scott+lists.freebsd@fishballoon.org>: > On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 05:51:59PM +0000, Scott Mitchell wrote: >> >> Followed your instructions, put my linux-flashplugin and acroread plu= gin >> directories on Opera's plugin search path and... wow! everything = >> suddenly >> started working. > > I was asked off-list how I set up the plugin search path to get this = > stuff > working. Copying my reply here in case it's useful to anyone else: > > First you'll need to have the www/linux-flashplugin7 and print/acrorea= d7 > ports installed - these obviously require the Linux emulation layer to= be > installed (emulators/linux_base-fc4 port) and enabled (linux_enable=3D= "YES" > in /etc/rc.conf). > > Then all I did in Opera was: > - Open the Tools -> Preferences dialog > - Switch to the "Advanced" tab then pick "Content" from the left-hand = = > menu > - Make sure plugins are enabled > - Open the "Plug-in options" dialog > - Click on "Change path..." and add these two paths to the list: > /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin > /local/X11R6/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/ENU/Browser/intellinux > Those are the locations of the libflashplayer.so and nppdf.so plugin= > libraries - I expect the paths will be the same on your machine > - Click "OK" to get out of the plug-in path dialog > - Click "Find new" on the Plugins dialog - you should get the "Adobe = > Reader > 7.0" and "Shockwave Flash" plugins listed now. > - OK out of all the dialogs and try browsing some sites with Flash or = PDF > documents on them... > > I did have both Flash and Acrobat already working with the Linux Firef= ox > port and partly working with native Firefox, so I wouldn't guarantee t= hat > some of the stuff I have in /etc/libmap.conf (essentially whatever the= > linuxpluginwrapper port told me to use) isn't important. I can guarantee it isn't important :). Since Opera forks off a Linux = process to run the actual plugin, the libmap.conf entries are ignored (a= nd = unnecessary). For all the plugin knows, it's running in the Linux versio= n = of Opera. Arjan -- = Gemaakt met Opera's revolutionaire e-mailprogramma: = http://www.opera.com/mail/
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