On my test, I could not get the "Shockwave for Director" on the firefox add-ons list...
I could get "Shockwave Flash" though.. 2014-12-12 14:27 GMT-02:00 Andre Rodovalho <[email protected]>: > > I could not make it work on Lubuntu too. I installed on Linux Mint with > those steps. > > I will try to find out what it is... Did you installed restricted-extras? > I guess I will try to install the flash plugin non-free > > 2014-12-10 19:17 GMT-02:00 Israel <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi Marc, >> I am not sure about Shockwave. Adobe has fully dropped support for >> Linux. There is no pdf reader. No flash after the current version. >> Shockwave will never be native. That said... there may be some way to do >> it in Wine, but I have no idea. >> >> It is unfortunate that there are so many learning sites still using >> flash. JavaScript/HTML5 is a much more portable solution, and works on any >> device. >> >> You might try contacting the Pipelight developers or check to see if >> there is a forum. Someone who knows more about this should be able to help >> lead you to an answer. >> >> >> On 12/09/2014 12:32 PM, Marc Tremblay wrote: >> >> Good afternoon, >> >> >> >> Many of our teachers use websites that require either Flash or Shockwave >> to interact with the site. For example: >> >> >> >> http://www.explorelearning.com/ is a site that requires Shockwave. I did >> some research and found that I can install Pipelight on Lubuntu which would >> allow me to add a Shockwave plug-in to Firefox which would make the site >> fully functional. >> >> >> >> This is what I did for the install: >> >> >> >> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable >> >> sudo apt-get update >> >> sudo apt-get install --install-recommends pipelight-multi >> >> sudo pipelight-plugin –update >> >> >> >> After you do this you need to unlock and enable the shockwave player. Do >> this: >> >> >> >> sudo pipelight-plugin --unlock shockwave >> >> sudo pipelight-plugin --enable shockwave >> >> >> >> Then open Firefox and look at your plugins and make sure you see >> Shockwave for Director 12.1.2.153 >> >> >> >> >> >> Unfortunately this did not work and when I look at the Firefox plugins I >> see this error message: *Pipelight Error (shockwave)! 0.0* >> >> >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get Shockwave working with >> Lubuntu with either Firefox or Google Chrome? >> >> >> >> >> >> Marc Tremblay >> >> Educational Services Dept >> >> Lester B. Pearson School Board >> >> 1925 Brookdale >> >> Dorval, H9P 2Y7 >> >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> >> -- >> Lubuntu-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> >>
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