Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 10:07:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51357 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop Message-ID: <201801011007.w01A7YCr069475@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Mon Jan 1 10:07:34 2018 New Revision: 51357 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51357 Log: handbook: remove instructions for NPAPI plugins - Neither Firefox nor Chrome support NPAPI plugins anymore and as such the instructions to install them are not applicable. - Tell users of opera to install the plugin directly rather than redirect to Firefox's instructions. I have not validated that this still works. Google shows mixed information for Opera's NPAPI support. - While here remove an extraneous word 'new' PR: 220399 Reported by: Randy Westlund <rwestlun@gmail.com> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.xml Mon Jan 1 09:37:16 2018 (r51356) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.xml Mon Jan 1 10:07:34 2018 (r51357) @@ -170,114 +170,6 @@ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/firefox</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen> - - <sect3 xml:id="moz-java-plugin"> - <title>Firefox and &java; Plugin</title> - - <para>The installation of - <application>Firefox</application> does not include &java; - support. However, <package>java/icedtea-web</package> - provides a free software web browser plugin for running Java - applets. It can be installed as a package by running:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install icedtea-web</userinput></screen> - - <para>Alternatively, to compile from the Ports Collection:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/java/icedtea-web</userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen> - - <para>Keep the default configuration options when compiling the - port.</para> - - <para>Once installed, start <application>Firefox</application>, - enter <literal>about:plugins</literal> in the location bar and - press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. A page listing the installed - plugins will be displayed. The - <application>&java;</application> plugin should be - listed.</para> - - <para>If the browser is unable to find the plugin, each user - will have to run the following command and relaunch the - browser:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/lib/IcedTeaPlugin.so \ - $HOME/.mozilla/plugins/</userinput></screen> - </sect3> - - <sect3 xml:id="moz-flash-plugin"> - - <title>Firefox and &adobe; &flash; Plugin</title> - - <indexterm> - <primary>Flash</primary> - </indexterm> - - <para>A native &adobe; &flash; plugin is not available for &os;. - However, a software wrapper for running the &linux; version - of the plugin is available. This wrapper also provides - support for other browser plugins such as &realplayer;.</para> - - <para>To install and enable this plugin, perform these - steps:</para> - - <procedure> - <step> - <para>Install <package - role="port">www/nspluginwrapper</package> from the port. - Due to licensing restrictions, a package is not available. - This port requires - <package>emulators/linux_base-c6</package>.</para> - </step> - - <step> - <para>Install <package - role="port">www/linux-flashplayer</package> from - the port. Due to licensing restrictions, a package is not - available.</para> - </step> - - <step> - <para>Before the plugin is first used, each user must - run:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>nspluginwrapper -v -a -i</userinput></screen> - - <para>When the plugin port has been updated and reinstalled, - each user must run:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>nspluginwrapper -v -a -u</userinput></screen> - - <para>Start the browser, enter - <literal>about:plugins</literal> in the location bar and - press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. A list of all the currently - available plugins will be shown.</para> - </step> - - </procedure> - </sect3> - - <sect3 xml:id="moz-swfdec-flash-plugin"> - <title>Firefox and Swfdec &flash; Plugin</title> - - <para><application>Swfdec</application> is a decoder and - renderer for &flash; animations. - <application>Swfdec-Mozilla</application> is a plugin for - <application>Firefox</application> browsers that uses the - Swfdec library for playing SWF files.</para> - - <para>To install the package:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install swfdec-plugin</userinput></screen> - - <para>If the package is not available, compile and install it - from the Ports Collection:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/swfdec-plugin</userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen> - - <para>Restart the browser to activate this plugin.</para> - </sect3> </sect2> <sect2> @@ -312,13 +204,13 @@ <literal>opera</literal>.</para> <para>To install &adobe; &flash; plugin support, first compile - the <package role="port">www/linux-c6-flashplugin11</package> + the <package role="port">www/linux-flashplayer</package> port. Licensing restrictions prevent making a package available. Then install <package role="port">www/opera-linuxplugins</package>. This example compiles both applications from ports:</para> - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/linux-c6-flashplugin11</userinput> + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplayer</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/opera-linuxplugins</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen> @@ -330,8 +222,8 @@ all the currently available plugins.</para> <para>To add the <application>&java;</application> plugin, - follow the instructions in <xref - linkend="moz-java-plugin"/>.</para> + follow install + <package role="port">java/icedtea-web</package>.</para> </sect2> <sect2> @@ -406,47 +298,13 @@ is <filename>/usr/local/bin/chrome</filename>, not <filename>/usr/local/bin/chromium</filename>.</para> </note> - - <sect3 xml:id="chromium-java-plugin"> - <title>Chromium and &java; Plugin</title> - - <para>The installation of - <application>Chromium</application> does not include &java; - support. To install &java; plugin support, follow the - instructions in <xref linkend="moz-java-plugin"/>.</para> - - <para>Once &java; support is installed, start - <application>Chromium</application> and enter - <literal>about:plugins</literal> in the address bar. - IcedTea-Web should be listed as one of the installed - plugins.</para> - - <para>If <application>Chromium</application> does not display - the IcedTea-Web plugin, run the following commands and - restart the web browser:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /usr/local/share/chromium/plugins -&prompt.root; ln -s /usr/local/lib/IcedTeaPlugin.so \ - /usr/local/share/chromium/plugins/</userinput></screen> - </sect3> - - <sect3 xml:id="chromium-flash-plugin"> - <title>Chromium and &adobe; &flash; Plugin</title> - - <para>Configuring <application>Chromium</application> and - &adobe; &flash; is similar to the instructions in - <xref linkend="moz-flash-plugin"/>. No additional - configuration should be necessary, since - <application>Chromium</application> is able to use some - plugins from other browsers.</para> - </sect3> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 xml:id="desktop-productivity"> <title>Productivity</title> - <para>When it comes to productivity, new users often look for an + <para>When it comes to productivity, users often look for an office suite or an easy-to-use word processor. While some <link linkend="x11-wm">desktop environments</link> like <application>KDE</application> provide an office suite, there
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