Shockwave Player installation for SUSE 10 Gold - Help
I'm running SUSE 10 Gold, and when I visit http://www.intel.com/personal/build/index.htm it says I don't have the Shockwave Player. SUSE 10 came with the Flash Player, but apparently Shockwave is not included. When I download the installer from Macromedia's website and run the ./flashplayer-installer command as instructed, I get the following message: Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape, or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): I don't know what to enter here, please help. My Google searches for SUSE shockwave player were not so helpful. Thank you.
On Monday 10 October 2005 23:01, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape, or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla):
I don't know what to enter here, please help. My Google searches for SUSE shockwave player were not so helpful.
Hi SS, If you enter "/opt/MozillaFirefox" (no quotes) it should place the plug-in into /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins/ I would then move it to /usr/lib/browser-plugins/ and symlink to it from there, as needed, to keep the installation consistent with your other plugins. Remember to run the installer with Firefox closed. After you've installed it, if the plug-in isn't working, close Firefox and delete the file ~/.mozilla/pluginreg.dat This will cause Firefox to re-register the installed plugins and create a new pluginreg.dat Good luck! - Carl
Resending to the list. Sorry for the dup, Carl! Tuesday 11 Oct 2005 10:27 samaye Carl Hartung alekhiit:
If you enter "/opt/MozillaFirefox" (no quotes) it should place the plug-in into /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins/
Carl thanks for writing. I get the following error: Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape, or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): /opt/MozillaFirefox WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path. and it again asks for the path. I do have an /opt/MozillaFirefox folder. What is it complaining about?
I would then move it to /usr/lib/browser-plugins/ and symlink to it from there,
To which from where? To a file under /usr/lib/browser-plugins? From /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins? BTW, will Konqueror be able to use this plugin if I install for Firefox? I usually use only Konqueror. Shriramana.
On Tuesday 11 October 2005 02:46, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
Resending to the list. Sorry for the dup, Carl!
Hey, you realized it first and scolded yourself, which makes my job easier :-) Thanks!
...I get the following error:
Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape, or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): /opt/MozillaFirefox WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.
and it again asks for the path. I do have an /opt/MozillaFirefox folder. What is it complaining about?
I haven't run that installer, but it it'll need write permissions to the directory. I'd log in with "su -" and try again *or* just give it ".mozilla" and have it "land" the plug-in there. Then you can move it and symlink as I've described previously (chown root:root after). If you're already trying as superuser, you should study the script to see how it's handling the path internally? Or play around until it stops complaining i.e adding/removing slashes or spell out the specific target directory ("/opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins" no quotes) Of course, studying the script is faster than a trial and error guessing game.
I would then move it to /usr/lib/browser-plugins/ and symlink to it from there,
To which from where? To a file under /usr/lib/browser-plugins? From /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins?
Duh! "/usr/lib/browser-plugins" is the SUSE default system repository for browser plug-ins. If the actual object lives there, then the links have to be placed in the individual browser plug-in directories for the browsers to find them! Need coffee? :-) And man ln if you need help creating the links. Hint: use the -s variety
BTW, will Konqueror be able to use this plugin if I install for Firefox? I usually use only Konqueror.
Settings > Configure Konqueror > Plugins - verify: <x> Enable global plugins ... <x> Scan for new plugins at KDE startup *or* click the 'Scan For New Plugins' button. regards, - Carl
Howzit Shriramana? Try /usr/lib/opera, that´s the parent sub-directory for my /usr/lib/opera/plugins. BTW I´m running SuSE 9.3. Cheers Bruce On Tuesday 11 October 2005 04:01, Shriramana Sharma wrote: I'm running SUSE 10 Gold, and when I visit http://www.intel.com/personal/build/index.htm it says I don't have the Shockwave Player. SUSE 10 came with the Flash Player, but apparently Shockwave is not included. When I download the installer from Macromedia's website and run the ./flashplayer-installer command as instructed, I get the following message: Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape, or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): I don't know what to enter here, please help. My Google searches for SUSE shockwave player were not so helpful. Thank you.
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Carl Hartung
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DBA
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Shriramana Sharma