Re: plugin with mozilla
On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 09:17:22PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 01:07:14AM +0100, Gerard Robin wrote:
...
> > I have a problem with mozilla-browser 1.7.3-5 :
> > certain site (http://www.franceinter.com) asks me to install the plugin
> > "flash".
> > I donwloaded the tarball "install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz".
> >
> > My question is: can'I compile this file (in /usr/local/) and installed it
> > without causing any damage to my system ?
...
> It would probably be safer to use one of the Debian packages for flash
> (try apt-cache search flash or apt-cache search shockwave), since the
> conventions about file placement, ownership, etc, might be a bit
> different from Debian.
>
> On the other hand, the file you have may just unwrap to a bunch of
> files and instructions to move them to various places.
>
> I doubt you can compile it; it probably has a binary (closed source).
>
> Another possible point of confusion: flash (aka shockwave flash) is
> available for Linux, but shockwave (aka director, I think) is not. So
> even after installing flash, you may find some sites that won't work.
You are right, the tarball contains the files:
readme.txt
flahsplayer-installer (a bash script)
flashplayer.xpt
libflashplayer.so
Finaly Sergio gave me the trick with swf-player which works fine for me.
(Warning, it is still alpha and perhaps it will not work fine for others
users ).
--
Gerard
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