2010/3/31 Viktors Petrovs <email address hidden>:
> You can create link to flashplugin manually. Go to firefox plugins
> directory:
>
> cd /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins
>
> Create symbolic link to flashplugin:
unfortunately that folder is empty on my system (upgraded from previous version)
cristian@cristian-asus:/usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins$ ls -al
totale 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-02-18 04:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-02-22 16:50 ..
>
> sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
> libflashplugin-alternative.so
>
> Name of the symbolic link must start with "lib" prefix.
>
>
> I have following links on my system:
>
> /usr/lib/firefox-3.6/plugins
> -> ../firefox-addons/plugins
I have this folder but the name in my case is /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.3pre
I think this is a slightly different version.
Also /usr/lib/firefox/plugin is empty on my system:
cristian@cristian-asus:/usr/lib/firefox/plugins$ ls -al
totale 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-02-23 12:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-01-2
8 09:31 ..
I have no firefox-flashplugin under /etc/alternatives, here you can
see the only occurrences for "firefox" I can find in that folder:
cristian@cristian-asus:/etc/alternatives$ ls -l | grep firefox
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 2010-01-27 18:49 firefox-homepage ->
/usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/firefox-index.html
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 2010-01-27 18:49 firefox-homepage-locales
-> /usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/locales-ubuntu
> I think there is two problems with flashplugin-installer:
> 1) It places link in wrong place (or firefox is installed in wrong
> place :D)
> 2) It creates link with wrong name! Must be prefixed with "lib"!
I may add that, in my case, it even doesn't create links! (as I was
saying above I don't find nothing useful if I search "flashplugin" on
my system).
@Viktors: thank you for your detailed answer :D
2010/3/31 Viktors Petrovs <email address hidden>: firefox- addons/ plugins
> You can create link to flashplugin manually. Go to firefox plugins
> directory:
>
> cd /usr/lib/
>
> Create symbolic link to flashplugin:
unfortunately that folder is empty on my system (upgraded from previous version) cristian- asus:/usr/ lib/firefox- addons/ plugins$ ls -al
cristian@
totale 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-02-18 04:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-02-22 16:50 ..
> firefox/ plugins/ flashplugin- alternative. so alternative. so firefox- 3.6/plugins addons/ plugins
> sudo ln -s /usr/lib/
> libflashplugin-
>
> Name of the symbolic link must start with "lib" prefix.
>
>
> I have following links on my system:
>
> /usr/lib/
> -> ../firefox-
I have this folder but the name in my case is /usr/lib/ firefox- 3.6.3pre
I think this is a slightly different version.
Please note that this folder contains: addons/ plugins addons/ searchplugins
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2010-03-16 10:19 plugins ->
../firefox-
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-03-16 10:19 searchplugins ->
../firefox-
both /usr/lib/ firefox- addons/ plugins and firefox- addons/ searchplugins are empty!
/usr/lib/
> firefox- addons/ plugins/ libflashplugin- alternative. so firefox/ plugins/ flashplugin- alternative. so
> /usr/lib/
> -> /usr/lib/
> /usr/lib/ firefox/ plugins/ flashplugin- alternative. so es/firefox- flashplugin
> -> /etc/alternativ
Also /usr/lib/ firefox/ plugin is empty on my system: cristian- asus:/usr/ lib/firefox/ plugins$ ls -al
cristian@
totale 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-02-23 12:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-01-2
8 09:31 ..
> /etc/alternativ es/firefox- flashplugin flashplugin- installer/ libflashplayer. so
> -> /usr/lib/
I have no firefox-flashplugin under /etc/alternatives, here you can cristian- asus:/etc/ alternatives$ ls -l | grep firefox ubuntu- artwork/ home/firefox- index.html homepage- locales ubuntu- artwork/ home/locales- ubuntu
see the only occurrences for "firefox" I can find in that folder:
cristian@
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 2010-01-27 18:49 firefox-homepage ->
/usr/share/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 2010-01-27 18:49 firefox-
-> /usr/share/
> I think there is two problems with flashplugin- installer:
> 1) It places link in wrong place (or firefox is installed in wrong
> place :D)
> 2) It creates link with wrong name! Must be prefixed with "lib"!
I may add that, in my case, it even doesn't create links! (as I was
saying above I don't find nothing useful if I search "flashplugin" on
my system).