FreeBSD + Firefox + Flash Problems

Andrew P. infofarmer at gmail.com
Mon Oct 3 03:10:06 PDT 2005


On 10/3/05, Vladimir Tsvetkov <npacemo at gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Vladimir Tsvetkov <npacemo at gmail.com>
> Date: 2005-10-3 11:02
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD + Firefox + Flash Problems
> To: RW <list-freebsd-2004 at morbius.sent.com>
>
>
> The Flash problem is solved!!!
> The problem was in step 2:
>
> > 2. Install linuxpluginwrapper:
> > # cd /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper
> > # make WITHOUT_PLUGINS=yes install clean
>
> I just explored the /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper/Makefile and I saw this:
>
> .if             !defined(WITHOUT_PLUGINS)
> RUN_DEPENDS=    ${X11BASE}/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so:${PORTSDIR}/
> www/linux-flashplugin6
> RUN_DEPENDS+=   ${X11BASE}/lib/linux-mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so:${PORTSDIR}/mult
> imedia/linux-realplayer
> #RUN_DEPENDS+=  ${LINUXBASE}/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf
> .so:${PORTSDIR}/print/acroread7
>
> .if             ${OSVERSION} < 500000
> USE_MOTIF=      yes
> .endif
>
> .endif
>
> I had defined WITHOUT_PLUGINS=yes, which meant that the nested .if
> expession about using Motif on my system was not executed. My system
> needs Motif to get the Flash plugin running. So I deinstalled it, and
> installed it without defining this configuration variable:
>
> # cd /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper
> # make install clean
>
> Now, Flash works!!!
>
> You can see also that I've commented out the line that will install
> Acroread7 as a dependency, because I thought that Acroread5 will work
> just fine for me. Obviously I am mistaken, because I still can't open
> *.PDF in an embeded browser. And now, I'm just going to try another
> install and maybe will use Acroread7.
>
> Best Regards,
> Vladimir
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A pr should be sent for the if's to be unnested.


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