linux_trojan Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 I am having trouble making flash work in firefox. I think that the problem is that the plugin is not were Firefox expects it to be and that I need to create a link to where it should be, but I dont remember how to do that. Can anyone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 It's just one file ( libflashplayer.so ) which should be copied (NOT symlinked) into the Firefox plugins directory ( /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-{something}/plugins/ ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux_trojan Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 That fixes it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 My plugins folder has both libflashplayer.so and flashplayer.xpt. What is the purpose of flashplayer.xpt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 What is the purpose of flashplayer.xpt? It provides scripting support for the flash player. The rest of this post is probably 'more' than you want to know. :) .xpt is the standard suffix for XPCOM type libraries XPCOM stands for Cross-Platform Component Object Model. The purpose of XPCOM is to provide a mechanism for writing modular software objects (components) over a reasonably large number of platforms. XPCOM type libraries contain binary definitions of interfaces used by cross-thread marshalling routines and JavaScript to call objects. In other words they are as vital as DLLs to ensure Gecko functions properly. Much more on it here: http://www.mozilla.org/scriptable/typelib_file.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotnoluck Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 It's just one file ( libflashplayer.so ) which should be copied (NOT symlinked) into the Firefox plugins directory ( /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-{something}/plugins/ ). if i don't have that folder ? how can i create it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 if i don't have that folder ? how can i create it ? If you have firefox installed, then this folder already exists. Greg2: Thanks for the response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Instead of lib, it's in lib64. Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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