Flash for Firefox on x86_64
December 31, 2006
Best solution : nspluginwrapper
Gnash looks promising, but has problems :
- Lack of aliased fonts
- Memory leaks cause small Flash panels to take over machine after a couple of dormant hours
- No embedded video for video.google.com or youtube.com
http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/en/projects/nspluginwrapper/help#release_notes
-rw-r–r– 1 platformedia users 53132 Dec 31 19:39 nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.2-1.x86_64.rpm
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-rw-r–r– 1 platformedia users 50362 Dec 31 19:39 nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.2-1.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -ivh nspluginwrapper-*
Flash Player 9
Flash Player 9 beta 1 (9.0.21.55) is not supported. Flash Player 9 beta 2 (9.0.21.78) will work correctly, including with sites using javascript to navigate through other pages. There is a check to prevent the use of FP9 beta 1.
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html
# tar -xzf FP9_plugin_beta_112006.tar.gz
# cd flash-player-plugin-9.0.21.78/
# cd flash-player-plugin-9.0.21.78/
# cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.9/plugins/
# nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.9/plugins/lib
# nspluginwrapper -l
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
Original plugin: /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.9/plugins/libflashplayer.so
Wrapper version string: 0.9.91.2
# nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.9/plugins/lib
# nspluginwrapper -l
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
Original plugin: /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.9/plugins/libflashplayer.so
Wrapper version string: 0.9.91.2
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