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Subject: Re: Getting flash working with Firefox
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Not to sound ungrateful, but why does one have to do all this gobbledy 
gook in order to get flash working?  After reading the port and this 
stuff, I still don't know what in the heck to do.  I thought the point 
of the ports system is to make this stuff easier not bake cookies.

-Clint

Norikatsu Shigemura wrote:
> 	Hum.. This document is too old.  Because, as it is now,
> 
> 	1. '2. add WITH_LIBMAP=yes to /etc/make.conf'
> 	  It inspects whether linuxpluginwrapper port needs to update
> 	  rtld.  So please follow port's message.
> 
> 	2. '4. cd /usr/ports/devel/linuxthreads && make install clean'
> 	  No more linuxthreads.
> 
> 	3. '6. edit the Makefile and comment out the following 3 lines:'
> 	  Please define WITHOUT_PLUGINS macro if you need.
> 
> 	4. '8. create a libmap.conf in /etc and add the following to it'
> 	  SEE ALSO: sample of libmap.conf in exampledir.  Please look at
> 	  `pkg_info -D linuxpluginwrapper-\*' for details.
> 
> 	5. '9. now restart X (I'm not positive this is necessary, but the howto said so, so I figured it was)'
> 	  I think no need.  But, as possible as, restart browser.
> 
> 	What can be said in all is already included in linuxpluginwrapper
> 	port:-).  Is still document required?  I don't think so, but
> 	if flash6(or flash7) is used by native browsers, it advertize
> 	that there is installation necessity about linuxpluginwrapper.