flash plugin in 6.0 (Fixed Typo)

[Beecher Rintoul]

On Sunday 18 December 2005 07:47 pm, Beecher Rintoul wrote:
> On Sunday 18 December 2005 06:57 pm, Ross Adams Lippert wrote:
> > Where is the latest documentation on this continually vexing
> > problem?  Why do I feel like this is the hardest part of any
> > upgrade?
>
> That port is borked, here's what you have to do to get it working:
>
> ## Workaround for broken port linuxpluginwrapper.
>
> ## Before building linuxpluginwrapper:
>
> rm -R /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_linux_plugins
>
> ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_linux_plugins
>
>
> ## Build linuxpluginwrapper:
>
> cd /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper
>
> make -DWITH_PLUGINS install clean
>
> ## or upgrade:
>
> portupgrade -vm -DWITH_PLUGINS linuxpluginwrapper
>
> ## Remove symlink (will break Mozilla).
>
rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_linux_plugins  <------------- Typo in last 
email. This is the proper command.
>
>
> ## Fix acroread:
>
> rm -rf /usr/local/bin/acroread	# If upgrade.
>
> mv  /usr/local/bin/acroread7  /usr/local/bin/acroread
>
> rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/nppdf.so
>
> ln
> -s 
> /usr/local/lib/acroread/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf
>.so /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/nppdf.so
>
> ## Change path to nppdf.so in /etc/libmap.conf:
>
> # Acrobat7 with Mozilla/Firebird/Galeon/Epiphany/Konqueror
> [/usr/local/lib/acroread/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppd
>f.so] libc.so.6			pluginwrapper/acrobat.so
>
>
> ## Acroread now works properly in browser.
> ## Helix plugin does not work with Firefox or Mozilla at this time.
> ## Flash 6.0 works without modification.
> ## Flash7 is VERY unstable and will crash Firefox (possibly Mozilla).
>
> ## Launch browser and type "about:plugins" without the quotes to check that
> plugins are enabled.
>

Beech

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