Re: adobe flash player in iceweasel does not work anymore in jessie
On Sun 13 Sep 2015 at 16:24:19 +0000, Curt wrote:
> On 2015-09-13, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/09/msg00444.html
> >
> > there is
> >
> > All the ones you mention plus hal-trinity. But so has my husband's computer.
> > He has only the one libflashplayer.so, the mozilla one.
> >
> > I, on the other hand, have three:
> > /home/lisi/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
> > /usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so
> > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
> >
> > The second line is ok but the third line should show
> >
> > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so
> >
> > as a symlink to /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so.
> >
> > I think libflashplayer.so in $HOME takes precedence over the alternatives
> > system. 'ls -l' might indicate which package provides it.
> >
>
> Whatever happened to 'about:plugins' in the address bar? That tells you
> what plugin is being used, as well as the version (we are we talking
> about iceweasel, right?).
Not a bad idea but it doesn't tell you where the file in ~/.mozilla/plugins
came from.
> Personally, here at home, /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so is a
> symlink to /home/curty/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so. This was done
> because no taking precedence over /etc/alternatives was taking place. I
> put the plugin there so I don't have to be root to update it after I
> wget the newest version from Adobe.
You look to be right about the precedence; 'about:plugins' shows the one
in ~/.mozilla/plugins as second in the Path:. The symlink doesn't appear
to be needed when /.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so is the only file
on the system.
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