Howto Install 32 bit Firefox with Flash w/sound and Java for AMD64

[Kilz]

Kilz thank you for the great post
I'm completely new and just installed ubuntu tonight

The instructions you gave me yielded no .macromedia file, even after ever line of code you listed

any ideas?

open up your home folder, click edit, preferences, then check the box that says show hidden and backup files. Close, then close the home folder and reopen it, do you see the .macromedia folder?

[Vashthe3rd]

i did that and there is no .macromedia file

[Vashthe3rd]

ok somehow in the process of installing firefox32....it just didn't

I went back and re-did the steps but i ran the firefox32 install first before the ia32

could this be the cause of the problem?

[Vashthe3rd]

and linux has yet to not surprise me, I closed everything (after enabling hidden files, etc. and closing the file browser) opened it up again and .macromedia was there, full fucntioning

[dangel]

Hi, I used the script and worked great. Thanks!

Just 2 minor issues:

1. I cannot see pdf files into the browser. Firefox's download tool pop-ups every time.

2. Although I've installed the mplayer plug in cannot here streaming audio (e.g. go at www.e-radio.gr and click in any station).

Thanks.

[Kilz]

Hi, I used the script and worked great. Thanks!

Just 2 minor issues:

1. I cannot see pdf files into the browser. Firefox's download tool pop-ups every time.

2. Although I've installed the mplayer plug in cannot here streaming audio (e.g. go at www.e-radio.gr and click in any station).

Thanks.

1. The script doesn't install adobe acrobat. That is separate and only available with the manual howto? Did you do the manual part for acrobat?
2. It takes a bit for the stations to start, about 3 minutes, but I hear them. To make sure that everything was installed please paste the responce to the following commands into a reply

ls -al /usr/lib32/firefox32/plugins

and

ls -al /usr/bin/mplayer*

[dangel]

I had already installed Adobe Reader 7 before using your script.

The 64bit version of Firefox wouldn't open pdf files inline either and a friend of mine, that has the same laptop, told me that the 32bit version has no such problem. However he currently has no linux distro installed and cannot remember what he did.

[dangel]

ls -al /usr/lib32/firefox32/plugins:

total 8360
drwxr-xr-x 2 npatsop npatsop 4096 2007-08-15 19:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 npatsop npatsop 4096 2007-08-15 19:13 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 1003 users 856 2007-06-20 03:31 flashplayer.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1003 users 7040036 2007-06-20 03:31 libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 82 2007-08-15 19:32 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 npatsop npatsop 92448 2006-09-19 16:39 libnpp.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 npatsop npatsop 19496 2006-09-10 05:41 libnullplugin.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264180 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-dvx.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264180 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-qt.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264180 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-rm.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265008 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264180 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in.xpt

ls -al /usr/bin/mplayer*

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9586936 2007-06-11 21:00 /usr/bin/mplayer

[Kilz]

ls -al /usr/lib32/firefox32/plugins:

total 8360
drwxr-xr-x 2 npatsop npatsop 4096 2007-08-15 19:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 npatsop npatsop 4096 2007-08-15 19:13 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 1003 users 856 2007-06-20 03:31 flashplayer.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1003 users 7040036 2007-06-20 03:31 libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 82 2007-08-15 19:32 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 npatsop npatsop 92448 2006-09-19 16:39 libnpp.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 npatsop npatsop 19496 2006-09-10 05:41 libnullplugin.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264180 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-dvx.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264180 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-qt.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264180 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-rm.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265008 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264180 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 2007-08-15 19:33 mplayerplug-in.xpt

ls -al /usr/bin/mplayer*

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9586936 2007-06-11 21:00 /usr/bin/mplayer

Everything is installed. Do you get any errors? If not try waiting a few minutes.

[Kilz]

I had already installed Adobe Reader 7 before using your script.

The 64bit version of Firefox wouldn't open pdf files inline either and a friend of mine, that has the same laptop, told me that the 32bit version has no such problem. However he currently has no linux distro installed and cannot remember what he did.

The script will not install the acrobat reader. It isnt included in the script. Please try following the manual howto.