Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:57:43 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Dak Ghatikachalam <dghatikachalam@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD WickerBill <freebsdwicker@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Firefox mess in Freebsd 6.1 Message-ID: <20070117084647.J50351@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <ba29b9b40701161836n7ea9daaat8b1d6684fd54d5f4@mail.gmail.com> References: <ba29b9b40701160943q7b685515s489bcdac5b5cc461@mail.gmail.com> <20070116131316.N47969@wonkity.com> <2d19405f0701161337p784d881dk52289aa61d9ce34d@mail.gmail.com> <ba29b9b40701161836n7ea9daaat8b1d6684fd54d5f4@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > On 1/16/07, FreeBSD WickerBill <freebsdwicker@gmail.com> wrote: >> or, look in /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins/ and make sure the plugin >> or a symlink exists. > > 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1 > > I have these files in > > $ pwd > /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins > $ ls -lrt > total 2132 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2158864 Oct 27 16:42 libflashplayer.so > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 856 Oct 27 16:42 flashplayer.xpt > drwxr-xr-x 2 500 100 512 Dec 4 19:09 install_flash_player_7_linux > $ > > I need to try the Warren's method to see if that is going to help me, > first of all I need to read man portupgrade to perform the upgrade from 6.1to > 6.2 , as i am new into this freebsd world. Please stop top-posting. It makes replying to your messages difficult and confusing. I have not used /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins. My guess is that only Firefox will look there. /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins works for Firefox, Seamonkey, Mozilla, and probably others. The helpful web site used a roundabout way to set up the Flash plugin, and linking the files is preferable to copying them into the plugins directory. A little less chance of a version mismatch after updating. Portupgrade is used to upgrade ports, not the operating system. The Flash plugin will work under 6.1, so you don't have to update the operating system. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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