Re: [SLE] Help to install Firefox and Flashplayer 7

From: Catimimi (catimimi_at_libertysurf.fr)
Date: 02/07/05

  • Next message: Carl E. Hartung: "Re: [SLE] Can't upgrade firefox via APT" 
    Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:33:30 +0100
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    Hi Carl,

    Thanks for all your replies, I made a lot of trials and below are the
    results
    and comments :

    Carl E. Hartung a écrit :

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    > Hi Michel,
    >
    >
    > | I want to switch from Mozilla to Firefox
    > <snip>
    >
    > Why switch? I run both. I use Mozilla's calendar and e-mail clients
    > and see no reason to change them yet.

    Why not both, but I want(ed) Firefox and Thunderbird for their possibilities
    of extension : for instance RSS

    >
    > <snip>
    > | -- For Firefox : should install it as root ? if so do I've - as I
    > read -
    > | to install it in a folder
    >
    > You should install an rpm package of Firefox with YaST and not worry
    > about locations or configuring permissions. This will all be done
    > automatically, just like it was with Mozilla.

    Thanks for the RPM, I found too the one for Thunderbird, I installed them,
    For Firefox, no problem, it works but with warnings about write permissions,
    if I install the Firefox.tar.gz in my home directory, I've no warnings !
    Certainly it
    doesn't matter.

    For Thunderbird I get a segmentation fault with the RPM and with the
    tar.gz !!

    So no Thunderbird and no RSS without addon software.

    >
    > <snip>
    > | -- For Flashplayer : I read two different install instructions :
    > | - the first one - mozdev installation note - tells to copy the two
    > files
    > | : "libflashplayer.so"
    > | and "flashplayer.xpt" in the "plugin" folder of the installation ! Do
    > | they speak of the
    > | "~/.mozilla/firefox/plugin" folder or of the
    > | "/usr/local/mozilla/firefox/plugin" folder ?
    > <snip>
    >
    > They go in the central plug-ins repository, /usr/lib/browser-plugins.

    You soft-link to them from the browser's plug-ins directory, in this

    > case probably /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins
    >
    > Here's what my setup looks like in opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins :
    >
    > flashplayer.xpt -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/flashplayer.xpt
    > libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so
    > libjavaplugin_oji.so ->
    > /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.06/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
    >
    > libmozilla_bonobo.so -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libmozilla_bonobo.so
    > libnptcl3.0.so -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libnptcl3.0.so
    > libnullplugin.so
    > mplayerplug-in.so -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/mplayerplug-in.so
    > nphelix.so -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/nphelix.so
    > nphelix.xpt -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/nphelix.xpt
    > nppdf.so -> /usr/X11R6/lib/Acrobat5/Browsers/intellinux/nppdf.so
    > nsdejavu.so -> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/nsdejavu.so
    >

    Thanks, I tried that, the flash RPM ... but no flash working with firefox
    It works very well with Mozilla 1.7

    So no Firefox, I'm back to the Mozilla suite !!!

    > <snip>
    > | - Furthermore, if I install the flashplayer with the installer I'm told
    > | that I need to install
    > | the packages "ttfonts" and "urw-fonts", is it necessary? if yes
    > where do
    > | I find these
    > | packages for SuSE 9.2 Pro ?
    > <snip>
    >
    > You'll need to verify this, but you probably already have the free MS
    > TrueType fonts installed. I'm late for dinner, so I'll let someone else
    > answer the "urw-fonts" question.
    >
    >
    > HTH & regards,
    >
    > - - Carl

    I don't know where are my errors, what lib could be missing. I don't
    understand
    but being a searcher I'm not satisfied.

    Thanks for everything

    Michel.

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