Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:32:51 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: flash gotcha? Message-ID: <4BB3B173.1070402@onetel.com>
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hi I am installing flash on a fairly fresh installation of 8.0 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Mar 24 GENERIC i386. linux_base-f10-10_2 linux-f10-flashplugin-10.0r42 nspluginwrapper-1.2.2_5 muji2# nspluginwrapper -v -a -i Auto-install plugins from /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins Install plugin /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so into /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so Auto-install plugins from /root/.mozilla/plugins Looking for plugins in /root/.mozilla/plugins muji2# %nspluginwrapper -v -a -i Auto-install plugins from /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins Install plugin /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so ... already installed system-wide, skipping Auto-install plugins from /home/chrisw/.mozilla/plugins Looking for plugins in /home/chrisw/.mozilla/plugins % about:plugins in firefox3 shows flash is not installed. muji2# nspluginwrapper -v -a -r Auto-remove plugins from /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins Remove plugin /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so Auto-remove plugins from /root/.mozilla/plugins Looking for plugins in /root/.mozilla/plugins %nspluginwrapper -v -a -i Auto-install plugins from /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins Looking for plugins in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins Install plugin /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so into /home/chrisw/.mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so Auto-install plugins from /home/chrisw/.mozilla/plugins Looking for plugins in /home/chrisw/.mozilla/plugins Now about:plugins shows flash is installed and stays installed for the non-root user even if root subsequently runs nspluginwrapper again. Chris
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