Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 20:42:02 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acrobat4 Plugin for Netscape Message-ID: <20000219204202.A336@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <38AEFCD1.69F4018C@ds.net> References: <38AEFCD1.69F4018C@ds.net>
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On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 03:28:01PM -0500, James A. Mutter wrote:
> I realize that this is slightly off topic, but I'm sure that someone has
> the answer.
>
> I'm trying to install Acrobat4 as a plugin for Netscape and I'm not
> having any luck at all.
>
> I'm using linux-netscape-communicator-4.7 and Acrobat4 from the ports
> collection. So far I've tried the following:
> cp nppdf.so /usr/local/lib/netscape-linux/plugins/ (That doesn't work)
> ln -s /usr/local/Acrobat4/Browsers/intellinux/nppdf.so
> /usr/local/lib/netscape-linux/plugins/ (That doesn't work either)
>
Hmm, I'm using Netscape-linux 4.61, not 4.7, but I've got nppdf.so in
/usr/local/netscape-4.61/plugins and it works fine (and shows up in
Help->About Plug-ins).
Does it show up as a Helper? It may be necessary to set this up
manually. Edit->Preferences->Navigator->Applications then either edit
the "application/pdf" entry if it exists or add it if not. The settins
I use are:
Description : Portable Document Format
MIMEType : application/pdf
Siffixes : pdf
and in the "Handled By" panel; select the "Plug In:" radio buton and
"nppdf.so" from the drop-own list.
HTH
FWIW, my RealPlayer plugin is in ~/.netscape/plugins and that works as
well.
> The problem is that Acrobat never shows up as a plugin. I can however
> set this up as a helper app without any problems.
>
> Does anyone have instructions on how to make this work?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
>
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