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Subject: Re: flash: linux firefox vs linuxpluginwrapper
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Philip M. Gollucci wrote:
> Philip M. Gollucci wrote:
>   
>> John wrote:
>>     
>>> I've been struggling to get a handle on the FreeBSD system.  Making good
>>> progress, but then I ran into the fact that Firefox on FreeBSD can't do
>>> flash.  Definite showstopper, for me.  Ok, then I tried to use the
>>> linuxpluginwrapper approach, and it didn't work.
>>>
>>> It made me recall, in reading up on FreeBSD, I did see where somebody
>>> installed both Firefox and Linx-firefox.
>>>
>>> So before I do battle with this Linux wrapper approach, I wondered if I
>>> would be better off simply installing the Linux-firefox?
>>>
>>> Is that easier?  More likely to work?
>>>       
>> http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2007-07/msg01919.html
>>     
> ----> cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc6 ; make install clean
>
> There is now:
> cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f7 ; make install clean
> which you should use instead -- its newer :)
>
>
>   
And all that works fine with Firefox and FreeBSD.