From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 10 06:26:50 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9B9316A41B for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:26:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from services.ipt.ru (services.ipt.ru [194.62.233.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AEB313C4AC for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:26:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from srv.sem.ipt.ru ([192.168.12.1]) by services.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1Iqc5Z-000KQ0-Bt; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:12:33 +0300 To: "Philip M. Gollucci" References: <4734D8B0.1060200@riderway.com> <4734DA4C.90702@riderway.com> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:15:15 +0300 In-Reply-To: <4734DA4C.90702@riderway.com> (Philip M. Gollucci's message of "Fri\, 9 Nov 2007 17\:08\:12 -0500") Message-ID: <89073692@srv.sem.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.99 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: John , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: flash: linux firefox vs linuxpluginwrapper X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:26:50 -0000 On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:08:12 -0500 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 please keep an eye at /usr/ports/UPDATING (about linux_base port). WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve