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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:17:46 +0100
From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org>
To: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu>
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Subject: Re: Handbook    Chapter 10 Linux Binary Compatibility
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 07:35:38PM +0100, Leslie Jensen wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I'm new on this list, tried to follow the handbook instruction on how to 
> enable  Linux Binary Compatibility.
> 
> It didn't work very well and I gave up on it.
> 
> (I tried to install /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f8)
> 
> 
> Then I found the following link on freebsd-questions mailing list
> 
> http://crnl.org/blog/2008/11/01/flash-9-for-freebsd-71
> 
> and it describes how to install the  linux_base-f8 in a way that works.
[...]

linux_base-f8 is not needed to run flash 9, linux_base-fc-4_13 is enough
see
"6.2.3 Firefox and MacromediaŽ Flash plugin"
at
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html

-- 
Marc