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MasquedAvenger
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 Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:28 pm Post subject: HOWTO: Installing 32-bit flash plugin on a 64-bit browser |
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I'm not sure if a solution to this has been posted in the past, but if it has, I haven't seen it yet. I stumbled upon some of this information on someone's blog, but when it didn't work, I had to do a little something extra in order to get it working. So, I just thought I'd go ahead and post step by step instructions to help anybody who may be interested out. I hope this is useful to someone 
So, how many times have we been told that we can't install 32-bit plugins when we're using a 64-bit browser? Oftentimes, it's suggested that we install a 32-bit browser in order to solve this problem, but I think that's a rather clumsy solution. It's true that you can't mix 32-bit and 64-bit code, but thanks to nsplugin, we can get around this obstacle in a much simpler way by using a special plugin that wraps around our 32-bit plugins and allows them to work with a 64-bit browser. This is just what we need for proprietary 32-bit only plugins like Flash, and allows us to run a 64-bit browser without losing functionality.
First, we need to unmask nspluginwrapper and netscape-flash. Open up /etc/portage/package.keywords in your favorite text editor and add the following:
/etc/portage/package.keywords:
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net-www/nspluginwrapper
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Next, edit /etc/portage/package.unmask and add the following:
/etc/portage/package.unmask:
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net-www/netscape-flash
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Now that we've unmasked the necessary packages, issue the following command as root:
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emerge nspluginwrapper netscape-flash
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This was all the information I was given online, but when I tried just this step, it didn't work. I discovered that once nspluginwrapper and netscape-flash are installed, we must let nspluginwrapper know that we've installed the flash plugin. Once we do that, it should work. To do so, issue the following command:
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nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib32/nsbrowser/plugins/libflashplayer.so
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Doing so "installs" the flash plugin and makes it work with nsplugin.
That's it! Now you can enjoy sites like YouTube and Homestar Runner using your 64-bit browser
James
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skwang
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Joined: 12 May 2004
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Location: Chicago, IL
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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I'd like to point out that I've had success running | Code: | | nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib32/nsbrowser/plugins/libflashplayer.so |
as a normal user and not as root. In fact when you emerge nspluginwrapper it will automatically search for plugins for you, but as root. This has given me problems in the past.
Thus whenever I emerge nspluginwrapper I always run as root to list all plugins and then run | Code: | | nspluginwarpper -r <path-to/file> |
to remove all the entries that are listed. Then I go back and as my normal user I run | Code: | | nspluginwrapper -i <path-to/file> |
Given that the problem is still masked "~amd64," ymmv. |
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avieth
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| nspluginwrapper crashes konqueror too much. I just stick to running firefox-bin if I must have flash. |
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devilheart
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Location: Villach, Austria
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| any idea why this plugin works for root but not for normal user? |
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desultory
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:34 am Post subject: |
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| Moved from Desktop Environments to Documentation, Tips & Tricks. |
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