[Opera-Linux] Re: Opera-Linux Digest, Vol 30, Issue 1

[Glen Merrick]

Thank You. That worked.

/usr/bin/firefox/plugins is the directory I needed. It was pointing to
usr/bin/mozilla/plugins

Glen Merrick.




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> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:14:43 -0300
> From: "Angus Auld" <if6was9 at operamail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Opera-Linux] Re: Opera-Linux Digest, Vol 29, Issue 6
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Glen Merrick" <at903 at chebucto.ns.ca>
>> To: opera-linux at opera.com
>> Subject: [Opera-Linux] Re: Opera-Linux Digest, Vol 29, Issue 6
>> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:53:34 -0300
>>
>>
>> The Linux version available from the adobe web site refuses to 
>> install into the opera plugins directory when it asks if you want 
>> to install it anyplace else, after the initial firefox install.
>>
>> Glen Merrick
>>
>> -----
>> As far as I know, shockwave has never been supported by
>> macromedia/adobe on anything except windows.  Luckily, it seems there
>> are very few web pages using it.  The adobe flash plug-in usually
>> works with opera.  The current version of adobe flash (9, I believe)
>> needs a fairly recent opera (I think 9.10 works, 9.20 surely does).
>> There are still some issues with it.  It tends to crash a bit, and I'm
>> sure quite a bit of the flash <-> javascript stuff is still broken.
>> But as far as I know, it generally works for most people.
>>
>> When adobe says "opera is unsupported", they mean that they don't
>> guarantee in any way that it will work in opera, and that they will
>> release new versions even if it doesn't work with opera.  They do fix
>> opera compatibility problems when they know about them.
>>
>> eirik
>>     
> Glen, for the flash plugin to be picked up by Opera, just add the Firefox plugin path to Opera's plugin path (Preferences > Advanced > Plugin options). Or, an alternate method I have used is to create a folder in your home directory called "plugins" and copy the appropriate flash files to that directory, and point Opera towards that folder.
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> HTHs.
> Regards.
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