Using Shockwave with Lubuntu

[Andre Rodovalho]

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 <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>:
>
> 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 <israeldahl at gmail.com>:
>>
>>  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
>>
>>
>>
>> mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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