Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:59:58 -0500 From: Derrick Edwards <dantavious@comcast.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Ade Lovett <ade@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting flash working with Firefox Message-ID: <200412261659.59728.dantavious@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <41CF0D1D.2010904@FreeBSD.org> References: <20041222084249.GA76803@0lsen.net> <41CE4B75.3070008@0lsen.net> <41CF0D1D.2010904@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sunday 26 December 2004 02:12 pm, Ade Lovett wrote: Did I miss why you are not using the linuxpluginwrapper. Talking about easy. Installing this port and reading the pkg_message will get you up and running very quickly. Just a suggestion. v/r Derrick > Clint Olsen wrote: > > Not to sound ungrateful, but why does one have to do all this gobbledy > > gook in order to get flash working? > > Because Macromedia haven't made a FreeBSD-native flash plugin. > > > After reading the port and this > > stuff, I still don't know what in the heck to do. > > Then you probably shouldn't attempt this on the basis that you could > very well hose your entire system as a result. Go yell at Macromedia > for not providing a FreeBSD-native plugin. > > > I thought the point > > of the ports system is to make this stuff easier not bake cookies. > > It is. It does. I don't know how much simpler things could get than > 'pkg_add gnome2', for example. > > Dealing with cross-platform issues, however, requires a reasonable > amount of effort. > > Sometimes even on the part of those that use the port or package. > > Of course, you could always help out by asking Macromedia to produce a > FreeBSD-native plugin. > > -aDe > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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