firefox and codec questions
 

how do I get flash running in slackware 12?
I've installed the flash player via installpkg command but it still doesn't work...

Another qn would be how to get shockwave running in firefox as well?

Also, what codecs/players would I possibly need to play as many formats (both sound and video) as possible?

What? Give more details, please, about what you downloaded and the commands you used to install it.

As for the video codecs, I usually run mplayer and install the mplayerplug-in, but both would be unofficial packages. I don't know if there's a solution with official packages.

And no idea about shockwave.

You can get mplayer and the mplayer plugin from http://linuxpackages.net/. I use them and they work fine. It does not include mencoder though, so if you need that as well try the one from http://slackbuilds.org/. I think that includes mencoder.
For flash, get it from adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/downl...sion=Netscape4
Instructions for installing it are on that page. Or you can just extract the .tar.gz to a folder (tar -xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz) and copy the libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ folder. That works too. You do not seem to need the libflashplayer.xpt. It works fine without it.

There's no Shockwave player for Linux.

Shockwave is not available for linux. However, maybe you can run it though wine somehow.

Unregistered:
I'm a Slackware no-nuthin nubi but I did manage to learn to install flash 9.

Heres my notes.

ADOBE FLASH 9 INSTALL
Download the tar.gz to desktop.
Extract to home (right-click)
In the root terminal navigate to the extracted file.

cd /home/username/install_flash_player_9_linux
Then run:
./flashplayer-installer

You will be asked for the path to your browser.

path:
/usr/lib/firefox

This method works perfect every time for me.

oh I've downloaded the rpm version and used rpm2tgz to convert it to slackware package and then installed it via installpkg command, reason being that I wanted a way to easily remove it if I wanted to via removepkg but I guess it didn't work.

Just curious, how do most of you manage packages, do you all like ./configure && make then make install? If that's the way then wouldn't it be a pain in the ass to go through the log files to remove them? Or do you use a program like checkinstall, etc?

Ok if you don't want to use a tar.gz you can download the .tgz @:

http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_...flash&ver=12.0

Then put in in home.
then:
cd /home/username
then:
installpkg

hope this helps


ps:
www.linuxpackages.net has all sorts of "free" Slack stuff.
They take donations through Pay Pal...... A worthy cause.

Yeah, programs like that make it a lot more convenient. (I use paco, I think it's considerably more flexible and featureful than most others.)

for linuxpackages.net, are the packages for previous releases of slack also compatible with the latest slack 12?

Is swaret the slackers' counterpart for apt-get?

In the upper left of the page you can select Slackware 12.
It will then take you to the Slack 12 packages.

I started using slapt-get a few days ago.
It seems to be ok but there again you have to understand that I know VERY LITTLE about Slack.

I just started using Slack a couple of weeks ago and I'm still blundering my way through stuff too..

yea but some packages that I want aren't available for slack 12, only other releases.

I'd avoid packages from LinuxPackages.net. Too many of them have been built on nonstandard systems and have weird dependencies.

I guess I got lucky with LinuxPackages.net. I got about 20 packages from them and they all worked perfect on my box.

Unregistered:
If you haven't ran across the Slackbook yet , here it is.

http://www.slackbook.org/ <---- pdf or html
Also take a peek at:
http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/sdeg/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...67#post2711967

The more popular packages on linuxpackages are usually ok. But I've found Slackbuilds to work much better on several occasions. Now, if you're in a hurry, linuxpackages is probably ok in most cases.