Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:07:26 -0600 From: icantthinkofone <icantthinkofone@charter.net> To: Tino Engel <elrap@web.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: flash: linux firefox vs linuxpluginwrapper Message-ID: <4737A74E.30709@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <473660A4.9080501@web.de> References: <cff9f2d10711091320q7825f190r8dc373b80155a9bd@mail.gmail.com> <4734D8B0.1060200@riderway.com> <4734DA4C.90702@riderway.com> <47351141.4090209@charter.net> <473660A4.9080501@web.de>
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Tino Engel wrote: > icantthinkofone wrote: >> 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 :) >>> >>> >>> >> btw, you don't need both native and Linux Firefox. Native Firefox an >> do flash just fine. >> _______________________________________________ > Well, how can it? I cannot build linuxpluginwrapper, it alway fails > saying: > ===> linuxpluginwrapper-20051113_8 doesn't support ELF symbol > versioning, yet.. > *** Error code 1 > I > I am using RELENG_7 on i386. > > How to install flash with native Firefox: portinstall nspluginwrapper portinstall linux-flashplugin7 portinstall linux-gtk2 There should be no need to set anything in firefox, you should simply run nspluginwrapper -a -v -i as the user who will be using FF, open it, and the plugins should be there.
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