On Sunday 18 July 2010 09:13 PM, JD wrote: > On 07/18/2010 08:56 PM, David wrote: >> On 7/18/2010 11:44 PM, JD wrote: >>> On 07/18/2010 08:22 PM, David wrote: >>>> On 7/18/2010 11:00 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >>>> >>>> Firefox looks for plugins in /firefox/plugins. Which is where ever you >>>> put it. Perhaps /home/<user_name>/firefox/plugins? >>> Not so. >>> My flash plugin is in >>> $ ls -l /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so >>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 skroot root 39 Jun 25 12:36 >>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so -> >>> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so >>> >>> Firefox does not search /usr/lib/flash-plugin/ >>> It searches /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins >>> >>> However, you are free to put the plugins in your home dir path, such as >>> >>> ~/.mozilla/firefox/plugins/ >>> or >>> ~/.mozilla/firefox/your-profile-name/plugins >> The Firefox that this person wants to use is the package from Mozilla >> not the package from Fedora. The package that Fedora provides looks in >> /usr/lib mozilla/plugins, as you wrote, and also in >> /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins on 64 bit systems. > Not 100% correct. > I AM using the vanilla binary tarball from mozilla.com > and not the fedora distributed rpm. > So, I am not having any issues with any of my plugins > in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. The mozilla.com's FF binary has > no trouble finding the plugins. >> Mozilla says to use /firefox/plugins. Would using Fedora's directories >> work? Maybe. I don't know because I just followed Mozilla's directions, >> it is their program after all, and have had no problems over the years. > You know, some of those "directions" are > probably ancient and have not been updated, > ans so, they have kept the code in FF to also search > /firefox/plugins. > Also, how come the vanilla binary from mozilla.com > does not create /firefox/plugins when you untar the > tarball as root? > I have never used /firefox/plugins > I have no plugins in my home directory. > > -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
