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Date:      Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:54:52 -0400
From:      Eduardo Cerejo <ejcerejo@optonline.net>
To:        Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to uninstall a flash port.
Message-ID:  <20080323165452.ea326219.ejcerejo@optonline.net>
In-Reply-To: <47E65465.40703@onetel.com>
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> >>>>> I installed the Linux flash9 port on a new 7.0 box to work with 
> >>>>> SeaMonkey and it dies when it reaches flash using sites.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How can I de-install this port with out causing problems to other 
> >>>>> programs?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I cant find it in the  handbook how to's.   Im I missing something?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks...
> >>>>>     
> >>>> by the way you can use linux-flash7 instead and if you are using the 
> >>>> native FreeBSD firefox and not linux-firefox you have to install and 
> >>>> use nspluginwrapper or else it will not work, your second alternative 
> >>>> is gnash which works natively with firefox.  To use nspluginwrapper 
> >>>> you would have to run this after the install.
> >>>> nspluginwrapper -i 
> >>>> /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
> >>>> remember for the linux plugins to embed on the native firefox they 
> >>>> need some kind of wrapper.  Flashplugin9 will not work with native 
> >>>> firefox or linux-firefox and I think it's because the linux emulator 
> >>>> uses an old version of linux so we have to wait until it changes to a 
> >>>> more current version.
> >>>>
> >> Sorry not a response to the OP but hopefully useful correction:
> >>
> >> %uname -sr
> >> FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE
> >> %pkg_info -Ix firefox
> >> firefox-2.0.0.12_1,1 Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla
> >> %pkg_info -Ix plugin
> >> linux-flashplugin-9.0r115 Adobe Flash Player NPAPI Plugin
> >> nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5 A compatibility plugin for Netscape 4 (NPAPI) 
> >> plugins
> >> ...
> >>
> >> I don't actually see a lot of flash as I have flashblock installed but I 
> >> can't recall having probs when I have chosen to view it, except it still 
> >> doesn't work with youtube. I've just installed wine and win32 
> >> firefox+flashplugin for youtube and bbc iplayer and that works fine.
> > 
> > Are you trying to tell me that you got flash 9 working?  I sure would like to know how to get it working without crashing.
> 
> Yes though like I say I also use flashblock so I only see the flash I 
> want to.  I'm moving house at the moment so I can't try and recreate my 
> steps to install it but it was something like:
> 
> install firefox, linux-flashplugin9, nspluginwrapper from ports
> locate libflashplayer.so
> run nspluginwrapper
> 
> I'll try running without flashblock for a while and see what happens.
> 
> Chris

What linux emulator are you running?



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