Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:00:05 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Outdated instructions in the Handbook for installing Flash? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102241857460.16324@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <1298586886.3150.7.camel@core.nessbank> References: <1298586886.3150.7.camel@core.nessbank>
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Bruce Cran wrote: > I tried following the instructions for installing Flash from > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html > and found they appear to be outdated. The firefox plugins directory > for 3.6 appears to be /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins and > /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins doesn't exist. Also, I had to run > nspluginwrapper -v -i > /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins/libflashplayer.so to install it, since > -a didn't seem to look in the global plugins directory. I guess > avoiding the symlink step and just using the original file would work > too. I've always just created /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins. The rest of the steps work as shown if you do that. Probably that step should be added or edited.
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