Linux - SoftwareThis forum is for Software issues.
Having a problem installing a new program? Want to know which application is best for the job? Post your question in this forum.
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
I found that /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins will be detected by firefox, but not by seamonkey (or, I'm guessing, other mozilla derivatives).
This was important to me as the 64-bit flash plugin was interfering with the 32-bit plugin I find I need for the latest version of seamonkey under ubuntu.
I now have the 64-bit flash in the above mentioned directory.
The 32-bit flash in ~/.mozilla/plugins
You might find that you have downgraded your flash player by cleaning that directory. You can see the versions of your plugins under Firefox by typing into the address bar:
about:plugins
You should definitely be running a version 10.x flash plugin.
I use the per-user libraries to prevent Seamonkey from attempting to run the 64-bit flash plugin. It works for me, but if you are likely to leave old versions in the directory and forget about it, you are probably best off clearing the directory and living with the support that comes in the standard packages which install into the /usr/... tree.
The /home/<user>/.mozilla/plugins directory is a per-user source of libraries which should override the system libraries. Unless you are doing something special, you are probably not going to want to use that directory. On the other hand, if you recall doing a bunch of work on your browser setup, clearing that directory might give you new opportunities for adventure.
On Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS \n \l (Linux ws18004138 3.2.0-40-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 25 21:22:10 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) that I am runningseems that he plugin directory is /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
To make adobe flash plugin work for me I copy from the extractd plugin "libflashplayer.so" ---->/usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/ and /plugin/usr/* ---> /usr/
Please include some kind of a statement indicating that you're re-opening an old thread. Otherwise you're likely to confuse people and have them attempt to respond to a long-dead discussion. Thanks.
There isn't one default plug-ins directory for firefox/mozilla, but a list of locations that it will check. See here:
Although the page is slightly out-of-date now I think it should still be generally accurate.
It's interesting to learn about the MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH variable too. I'd never heard of it. Perhaps it's relatively new? But it's not the kind of thing that's likely to be preset on most systems, although you could use it to define a custom location if you wanted.
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.