[opensuse] How to connect Firefox 3 beta to existing plugins
I have downloaded and "installed" firefox beta 3 to my /home/kai/apps/firefox folder. I have icons set to launch it from there. Now, I want to enable my existing java/flash plugins. I am assuming I'd need to create some sort of symbolic link. I've googled and am not quite sure what to do (my only reference is someone who did this with ubuntu using apt). -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte wrote:
I have downloaded and "installed" firefox beta 3 to my /home/kai/apps/firefox folder.
I have icons set to launch it from there.
Now, I want to enable my existing java/flash plugins. I am assuming I'd need to create some sort of symbolic link. I've googled and am not quite sure what to do (my only reference is someone who did this with ubuntu using apt).
export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/browser-plugins Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 03 April 2008 08:42:59 am Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Kai Ponte wrote:
I have downloaded and "installed" firefox beta 3 to my /home/kai/apps/firefox folder.
I have icons set to launch it from there.
Now, I want to enable my existing java/flash plugins. I am assuming I'd need to create some sort of symbolic link. I've googled and am not quite sure what to do (my only reference is someone who did this with ubuntu using apt).
export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/browser-plugins
I typed that and nothing happened. Was there something else I needed to do? I'm using this as my test site http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/ Snaaaake, it's a snaaaaake.... -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte a écrit :
On Thursday 03 April 2008 08:42:59 am Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Kai Ponte wrote:
I have downloaded and "installed" firefox beta 3 to my
is this "minefield"?
and the problem is? I read it perfectly jdd -- Jean-Daniel Dodin Président du CULTe www.culte.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte wrote:
On Thursday 03 April 2008 08:42:59 am Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Kai Ponte wrote:
I have downloaded and "installed" firefox beta 3 to my /home/kai/apps/firefox folder.
I have icons set to launch it from there.
Now, I want to enable my existing java/flash plugins. I am assuming I'd need to create some sort of symbolic link. I've googled and am not quite sure what to do (my only reference is someone who did this with ubuntu using apt). export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/browser-plugins
I typed that and nothing happened. Was there something else I needed to do?
Your Firefox process needs this variable set. So type that and start your Firefox from within the same console. It should find the plugins Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 03 April 2008 09:34:54 am Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/browser-plugins
I typed that and nothing happened. Was there something else I needed to do?
Your Firefox process needs this variable set. So type that and start your Firefox from within the same console. It should find the plugins
Okay, thanks. i setup a shell script to run that command and then launch firefox from that folder. -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte wrote:
On Thursday 03 April 2008 08:42:59 am Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Kai Ponte wrote:
I have downloaded and "installed" firefox beta 3 to my /home/kai/apps/firefox folder.
I have icons set to launch it from there.
Now, I want to enable my existing java/flash plugins. I am assuming I'd need to create some sort of symbolic link. I've googled and am not quite sure what to do (my only reference is someone who did this with ubuntu using apt).
export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/browser-plugins
I typed that and nothing happened. Was there something else I needed to do?
I'm using this as my test site
http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
Snaaaake, it's a snaaaaake....
Haha cute - In any case, you have 2 other options on the plugins. I did it the old school way: cd /usr/local/firefox ln -s /usr/lib/browser-plugins/* or, you could just use the firefox package from build service and let the system handle the details. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 03 April 2008 10:40:12 am Sloan wrote:
Kai Ponte wrote:
On Thursday 03 April 2008 08:42:59 am Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Kai Ponte wrote:
I have downloaded and "installed" firefox beta 3 to my /home/kai/apps/firefox folder.
I have icons set to launch it from there.
Now, I want to enable my existing java/flash plugins. I am assuming I'd need to create some sort of symbolic link. I've googled and am not quite sure what to do (my only reference is someone who did this with ubuntu using apt).
export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/browser-plugins
I typed that and nothing happened. Was there something else I needed to do?
I'm using this as my test site
http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
Snaaaake, it's a snaaaaake....
Haha cute -
In any case, you have 2 other options on the plugins. I did it the old school way:
cd /usr/local/firefox ln -s /usr/lib/browser-plugins/*
Tried that. Failed.
or, you could just use the firefox package from build service and let the system handle the details.
didn't find one, but I got it working with the shell script... -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte wrote:
On Thursday 03 April 2008 10:40:12 am Sloan wrote:
In any case, you have 2 other options on the plugins. I did it the old school way:
cd /usr/local/firefox ln -s /usr/lib/browser-plugins/*
Tried that.
Failed.
Well yeah, you have to change "/usr/local/firefox" to the path where your firefox beta lives. But what failed exactly? error message? no such file or directory? permission denied? inquiring minds want to know...
or, you could just use the firefox package from build service and let the system handle the details.
didn't find one, but I got it working with the shell script...
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla:/beta/openSUSE_10.3/ works for me! Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte a écrit :
didn't find one, but I got it working with the shell script...
to try very last firefox (or any mozilla product), simply dl the nightly build, it doesn't have to be installed only unpacked in any (for me my user Document) folder. enough to copy any plugin from ild version to new... some plugins (java...) use links, others have to be installed, usually I rename the old install firefox.old and the new firefox so all the previous links works jdd -- Jean-Daniel Dodin Président du CULTe www.culte.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 11:35:54 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
i setup a shell script to run that command and then launch firefox from that folder.
If you want to do it permanently, add export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/browser-plugins to ~/.bashrc for your user only or to /etc/bashrc.local (create it if it doesn't exist) if you want it for all users. Then either wait until the next time you log in or shutdown your KDE session and log in again. Now this is visible for all started processes, i.e. you can get rid of the extra script. Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte wrote:
I have downloaded and "installed" firefox beta 3 to my /home/kai/apps/firefox folder.
I have icons set to launch it from there.
Now, I want to enable my existing java/flash plugins. I am assuming I'd need to create some sort of symbolic link. I've googled and am not quite sure what to do (my only reference is someone who did this with ubuntu using apt).
In your home directory in the /.mozilla sub-dir there is plugins directory. This should contain the following- -r--r--r-- 1 potter users 856 2006-12-16 08:51 flashplayer.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 70352 2006-05-02 21:21 libdragonegg.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 8119784 2007-12-08 16:46 libflashplayer.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 potter users 83 2008-04-04 22:06 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0_update15/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 potter users 41 2008-01-18 13:41 libnpsoplugin.so -> /usr/lib/ooo-2.0/program/libnpsoplugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532770 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-dvx.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532778 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-gmp.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-gmp.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532770 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-qt.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532778 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-rm.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532962 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532770 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-wmp.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 63167 2007-08-14 10:26 nphelix.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 5086 2007-08-14 10:26 nphelix.xpt lrwxrwxrwx 1 potter users 50 2008-02-29 13:06 nppdf.so -> /usr/lib/Adobe/Reader8/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 potter users 48 2008-04-04 22:05 npwrapper.so -> /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npwrapper.so Apart from the so-s installed by the players (flash, player, etc) there will those which are found in /usr/lib/browser-plugins which you simply copy into the /.mozilla plugins directory. The symlinks which are required you can see above. Ciao. -- I'm dangerous when I know what I'm doing. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Basil Chupin wrote:
Kai Ponte wrote:
I have downloaded and "installed" firefox beta 3 to my /home/kai/apps/firefox folder.
I have icons set to launch it from there.
Now, I want to enable my existing java/flash plugins. I am assuming I'd need to create some sort of symbolic link. I've googled and am not quite sure what to do (my only reference is someone who did this with ubuntu using apt).
In your home directory in the /.mozilla sub-dir there is plugins directory. This should contain the following-
-r--r--r-- 1 potter users 856 2006-12-16 08:51 flashplayer.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 70352 2006-05-02 21:21 libdragonegg.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 8119784 2007-12-08 16:46 libflashplayer.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 potter users 83 2008-04-04 22:06 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0_update15/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 potter users 41 2008-01-18 13:41 libnpsoplugin.so -> /usr/lib/ooo-2.0/program/libnpsoplugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532770 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-dvx.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532778 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-gmp.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-gmp.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532770 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-qt.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532778 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-rm.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532962 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 532770 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-wmp.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 1021 2007-10-06 05:49 mplayerplug-in.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 63167 2007-08-14 10:26 nphelix.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 potter users 5086 2007-08-14 10:26 nphelix.xpt lrwxrwxrwx 1 potter users 50 2008-02-29 13:06 nppdf.so -> /usr/lib/Adobe/Reader8/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 potter users 48 2008-04-04 22:05 npwrapper.so -> /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npwrapper.so
Apart from the so-s installed by the players (flash, player, etc) there will those which are found in /usr/lib/browser-plugins which you simply copy into the /.mozilla plugins directory. The symlinks which are required you can see above.
And keep in mind that if you do it that way you have to take care of security updating the (not linked) stuff yourself. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Basil Chupin -
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Kai Ponte -
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Sloan -
Wolfgang Rosenauer