Installing Flashplayer Plugins for Mozilla?

as400 · 06-09-2007, 11:03 AM

Hi,

I am having trouble installing the two macromedia plugin files like FLASHPLAYER.XPT and LIBFLASH.SO or something like that. The problem is, I want to install it manually by copying the files to the plgin folder were mozilla is installed into my home directory but I cannot locate it.

Can someone please assist on this?

Thanks.

jlliagre · 06-10-2007, 12:25 AM

You probably have no personal plugins directory. You may want to install the plugins globally instead.
Depending on the Solaris release, the right location may be either /usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins or /usr/lib/firefox/plugins.

as400 · 07-01-2007, 12:48 PM

Can anyuone please provide me with a simple command to install the flashplayer plugin for Mozilla on Solaris 10?

The problem is that theres numerous Mozilla directories and I copied the right file into the plugin directory and atill does not work.

I have downloaded the TAR.GZ file but not yet had done anything yet.

I want to installthis as root and I want to install this using the command console.

Can anyone please post the exact command in installing this flashplayer plugin?

Thanks.

as400 · 07-01-2007, 11:49 PM

Thats what I did, I copied the files into that directory, but does not work even as root.

So, is there like an alternative cmmand or something to install this?

bathory · 07-02-2007, 06:14 AM

You didn't mention if you mean Solaris X86 or Solaris Sparc. For x86 the link provided by Macromedia for downloading flash player is wrong. You should use this instead. Then for both versions extract the file you've downloaded and copy manually the 2 files (libflashplayer.so, flashplayer.xpt) in /usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins

as400 · 07-03-2007, 12:28 AM

Can anyone please post the installation command to install this flashplayer plugin???

Once again, I copied the files into the /usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugin directory as root but did not succeed.

jlliagre · 07-03-2007, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by as400

Once again, I copied the files into the /usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugin directory as root but did not succeed.

Are you sure the plugin directory is the one used by your browser ?
How do you check if the plugin is installed or not ?
Haven't you pick SPARC binaries instead of x86 ?

as400 · 07-04-2007, 12:13 AM

Well, I did a search for MOZILLA under ROOT and the closest (I guess) i came up with is 2 files with the plugins directory:

/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins
/usr/sfw/bin/mozilla/plugins

But I need to where my home directory mozilla files are since I cannot find it in my home directoy.

jlliagre · 07-04-2007, 01:34 PM

Are you sure the plugin directory is the one used by your browser ? -> It seems you aren't.
What is the browser you use ? How do you launch it ?
How do you check if the plugin is installed or not ?
Haven't you pick SPARC binaries instead of x86 ?

as400 · 07-05-2007, 12:10 AM

I launch it by clicking on the clock that looks like a globe in the CDE panel.

jlliagre · 07-05-2007, 03:25 AM

What says this command ?

Code:

grep libnullplugin /var/sadm/install/contents

Why aren't you answering to the following questions ?

- How do you check if the plugin is installed or not ?
- Haven't you pick SPARC binaries instead of x86 ?

as400 · 07-05-2007, 01:48 PM

1. By going to YouTube or any other sites like those which generates or needs the plugin...

2. Too hard...for me that is to create binaries.

The output of the post you gave is this below:

$ grep libnullplugin /var/sadm/install/contents
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnullplugin.so f none 0755 root sys 24608 25442 1103628746 SUNWmozilla

SO whats the next step would you suggest on doing?

All I really want to do is get rid of that pop-up window which warns me that the plugins are needed...

jlliagre · 07-05-2007, 03:34 PM

Okay. Now run this command and post the output:

Code:

file /usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/*

as400 · 07-05-2007, 11:52 PM

OK, here you go...Let me know what else to do here and I once this is resolved I will add this to my Solaris 10 installation notes that I had archived myself.

$ file /usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/*
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/Untitled: ascii text
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/Untitled_1: ascii text
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt: data
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so: ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARC32PLUS Version 1, V8+ Required, dynamically linked, stripped
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so: ELF 32-bit LSB dynamic lib 80386 Version 1, dynamically linked, stripped
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnullplugin.so: ELF 32-bit LSB dynamic lib 80386 Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped, no debugging information available

jlliagre · 07-06-2007, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by as400

OK, here you go...Let me know what else to do here and I once this is resolved I will add this to my Solaris 10 installation notes that I had archived myself.

$ file /usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/*
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/Untitled: ascii text
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/Untitled_1: ascii text
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt: data
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so: ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARC32PLUS Version 1, V8+ Required, dynamically linked, stripped
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so: ELF 32-bit LSB dynamic lib 80386 Version 1, dynamically linked, stripped
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnullplugin.so: ELF 32-bit LSB dynamic lib 80386 Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped, no debugging information available

You downloaded a plugin uncompatible with your hardware. Choose one for x86, not SPARC.