Firefox4 Beta plugins (again)

[Goh Lip]

On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:52:22 +0800, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net>  
wrote:

> On Sunday the 16th Goh Lip was kind enough to give me some instructions  
> on how to get plugins recognized in the Firefox4 beta.  I did what he  
> suggested but they still don't appear in about:plugins.  I think the  
> problem was I didn't install it where he assumed I did and I then got  
> the symlink wrong.
>
> I am using Maverick amd64 and I downloaded the tar file from the mozilla  
> site and extracted it to my home directory. So it is at  
> /home/jfb/firefox. The Canonical version is in it's default location.
>
> Could someone post the command to create the symlink needed given this  
> info?
>


Jim, it was recently asked on this mailing list about the command for  
s-link, and the usual command would be "ln -s <source> <target>"; However,  
I think the problem might be spelt out in this  
http://www.linux-archive.org/ubuntu-user/237727-how-create-symbolic-link-mounted-volume.html  
(But I am not so sure and others please help to refine if necessary)  Just  
make sure you're root or use sudo for this command.


Oh, I hope you also have the flash pluggin in that directory, ie.,  
nppdf.so    That may be what you need instead of just java. Hope I am not  
double guessing you.


Good luck, Jim. - Goh Lip

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