Firefox ESR + Netflix

PROBLEMCHYLD · 01-15-2017, 02:27 PM

Does anyone know how to get Netflix working in Firefox ESR? I have read online how to do it with the standard version but not ESR.

Alien Bob · 01-15-2017, 02:42 PM

It can not be done as far as I know. You need Firefox 49 or newer.
In your case, you will have to install and use Chrome or Chromium.

hitest · 01-15-2017, 02:49 PM

Further to Alien Bob's post; he offers packages for Chromium, widevine, and pepperflash at his site. You'll be watching netflix in no time. Also if you look in the /extra directory of your Slackware DVD you will find a slackbuild script for Google Chrome.

http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/chromium/

PROBLEMCHYLD · 01-16-2017, 12:54 PM

I'll just use the latest Firefox 50. Should I removed ESR version before installing FF 50? Do I need any other dependencies to get it running?

hitest · 01-17-2017, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by PROBLEMCHYLD

I'll just use the latest Firefox 50. Should I removed ESR version before installing FF 50? Do I need any other dependencies to get it running?

Fire Fox 50 is in the development branch of Slackware(Slackware-current). If you're using ESR that means you're running the stable branch of Slackware. It isn't generally recommended to run -current packages on the stable branch.
A saner approach would be to follow Alien Bob's recommendations. Both Chromium and Chrome run perfectly on Slackware 14.2, and Netflix just works.

ruario · 01-17-2017, 11:41 AM

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Should I removed ESR version before installing FF 50?

Just upgrade. You can use this to get FF50 if you want

https://gist.github.com/ruario/9672798

PROBLEMCHYLD · 01-17-2017, 07:27 PM

Nice gem, thanks. I might not have Netflix, but I have an updated Firefox version.

tdos20 · 01-18-2017, 11:47 AM

It's possible that this package might help: https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...tem/hal-flash/ I am going to try it later to get channel 4's 4od service working. Not sure if that's the same problem for Netflix.