Hi Andreas, Thanks for the advice. Mostly my experiment with using Linux has been ok but a few things that should be simple (such as SVG plugin and MIDI) have been nightmarish. I'll see if moving all the files to the plugins directory does the trick.
thanks, Phil Andreas Neumann wrote: > Hi Phil, > > unfortunately the state of ASV on Linux is less than optimal, but it > works in some browsers. On my SuSE Linux it works fine in Konqueror > and Opera, but does not work well in the Mozilla based browsers, > because these browsers recently changed their plugin interface and > Adobe did not follow. > > As to installing: I would not recommend using the install script. > Instead, I would just untar/unzip all files manuall to the browsers > plugin directory. When the untar creates a subdirectory (Adobe > something ...) move all files one hierarchy higher where all > other .so files reside. > > You can also point your webbrowser to other directories to search > for plugins (f.e. Opera and Konqueror). > > The reason why "install.sh" fails is because many different Linux > distributions have different directory locations for webbrowsers and > their plugins. Unfortunately that is not standardized. For that > reason the install.sh fails on most non-Redhat distributions. Also, > Adobe does not equally support Linux as it does support Windows/Mac. > They could easily improve their install script to make it work in > the most popular distributions. > > Andreas > > > --- In [email protected], "pjfjacks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Trying to install the Adobe SVG Viewer plugin in Ubuntu Linux > tried first > > with Mozilla - Mozilla reports that there are plugins now > available for SVG > > viewing in the "help/about plugins" but when I go to the Adobe SVG > site and > > try to view an example I get a popup stating that the page can > only be > > viewed with the appropriate plugin. > > > > > > > > Tried with Mozilla Firefox - downloaded the > adobesvg-3.0-linux-i386.tar.gz > > to the firefox plugins diretory and ran the recommended tar > command. It > > says next to run the install.sh - when I run, it tells me "too few > > parameters". What parameters does it want? I dunno! Install the > GD plugin > > is all I care about. > > > > > > > > Any thoughts? Patience is wearing thin with this scratch and > claw your > > way over broken glass to do anything on Linux as opposed to the > ease I have > > with installing and actually getting to work with stuff on > Windows. Surely > > it is better than my experiences have been. > > > > > > > > Phil J. > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > ----- > To unsubscribe send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -or- > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my > membership" > ---- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "svg-developers > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers>" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
