On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 10:16:11AM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote > There are two versions of the Java plugin listed, with the same > libjavaplugin_oji.so filename. The latest is Java 1.5.0_04b05. > > There are two versions of Flash listed, also with one and the same > filename: libflashplayer.so. > > The crux: are there really two versions installed? Should I clean > this up? If so, how? Is this a Gentoo portage artifact, or does > this happen in other distros as well?
I noticed recently that there are now two plugin directories, namely /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins and /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins I assume that the "nsbrowser" directory is a holdover from the old days of Netscape 4.x. I would suggest... 1) Close Firefox 2) su - (or login as root on another tty) 2) *MAKE SURE TO COPY OVER ANY PLUGINS FROM THE nsbrowser DIRECTORY THAT AREN'T DUPLICATED IN THE mozilla-firefox DIRECTORY* 3) Rename /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins to /usr/lib/nsbrowser/oldplugins and log out of root 4) Restart Firefox. You should have one copy of each plugin. If things go OK, you can remove the "oldplugins" directory later. > Also: I would like the Adobe Acrobat plugin, but > 1) I don't see it in 'eix' or 'emerge -s'. > 2) The instructions for installing from an existing Acrobat install > are not effective with the portage-installed acrobat. According to http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html#Acrobat 1. Install Adobe Reader. 2. Create a symbolic link to nppdf.so to your Mozilla plugins directory. 3. Ensure a copy of acroread is in your PATH. You've already done step 1. Next... - close Firefox - su - or log in as root - execute "find / -name nppdf.so" (without the quotes) - ln -s full_path_to_nppdf.so /usr/lib/nsbrowser/oldplugins/ *NOTE* replace "full_path_to_nppdf.so" with the actual full path and file name - log out of root and start Firefox > Alternatively, Adobe Reader 7.0 includes a script for installing the > browser plugin. This script is installed at the following location > by default: > > /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/install_browser_plugin Of course, it'll likely be in a different location in Gentoo. As root execute the command... find / -name install_browser_plugin and that should tell you where it is. I'm not giving you the location, because I don't have Adobe installed, so I don't know where files are kept. Adobe's a bleeping pain in the rear with a significant chunk of screen space taken up by useless toolbars and outright advertising. I use xpdf as a "helper-application". I like its minimalist look. It's a pdf-viewer that concentrates on... *VIEWING A PDF*. What a novel idea! -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- [email protected] mailing list
