Re: Is FreeBSD ready for desktop (Mozilla Flash)

From: Conrad (nospam_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 09/10/05 

Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:20:20 GMT

Many many many thanks. My first post was more of a shout
in the dark, expressing frustration that too many fairly
basic things just aren't basic. I'll give your info
a shot and let you know how it goes.

In the meantime - if this is what it takes to work...
Why the he## is it wrong to document it or even
(shocking idea) let the port do it right?

Conrad

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:33:51 -0700, mr_scary wrote:

> In case you're still interested, here is the answer:
>
> 1. Have these ports installed:
>
> linux_base
> linuxpluginwrapper (edit Makefile and specify plugins desired*)
> linux-flashplugin
>
>
> 2. Have /etc/libmap.conf contain:
>
> [/usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so]
> libpthread.so.0 pluginwrapper/flash6.so
> libdl.so.2 pluginwrapper/flash6.so
> libz.so.1 libz.so.2
> libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 libstdc++.so.4
> libm.so.6 libm.so.3
> libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/flash6.so.misc
>
>
> 3. Edit /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf so that the Makefile is not
> updated when the ports tree is updated:
>
> HOLD_PKGS = [
> 'linuxpluginwrapper*',
> ]
>
>
>
> * Remove RUN_DEPENDS lines. For example, remove the following if you
> do not want to use RealPlayer or Acrobat via Firefox:
>
> RUN_DEPENDS+=
> ${LOCALBASE}/lib/linux-mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so:${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/linux-realplayer
> .if ${OSVERSION} >= 500000
> RUN_DEPENDS+=
> ${LOCALBASE}/Acrobat5/Browsers/intellinux/nppdf.so:${PORTSDIR}/print/acroread
> .else
> USE_MOTIF= yes
> .endif

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