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

[asta]

Using 8.04.1 amd64.

javaplugin wasn't linked correctly, so I had to do:

cd /usr/lib32/firefox32/plugins/
rm libjavaplugin_oji.so
ln -s  /usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-6-sun-1.6.0.07/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

(was pointing to .06)

Edit:
It is so sad that this is needed, but I'm very grateful firefox32 is available! Thank you!

[teddyknox]

Hi when i try to open 3 in 1 what happens is a box comes up asking me what to open it with with a text box and no suggestions. how do i get the terminal to open it?

[HDTimeshifter]

I haven't been able to read all 160 pages, but I did follow the instructions on page 1 to install the script, then firefox32. When I try to run firefox32 from the command line I get: "bash: firefox32: command not found"

Anybody know what is wrong?

[tromort]

Had the same issue as asta, but now its fixed. Keep going!

[flaggh]

I haven't been able to read all 160 pages, but I did follow the instructions on page 1 to install the script, then firefox32. When I try to run firefox32 from the command line I get: "bash: firefox32: command not found"

Anybody know what is wrong?

I believe the command is

firefox32-3

If you type in the terminal firefox and then press the tab button a couple of times, it should either autocomplete or if there is more than one possibility they should all be listed. Give that a try and see what it tells you.

[flaggh]

Hi when i try to open 3 in 1 what happens is a box comes up asking me what to open it with with a text box and no suggestions. how do i get the terminal to open it?

Are you trying to open the script file or the .tar.gz file? You need to uncompress the .tar.gz file and in the contained folder there will be a .sh script file.

[HDTimeshifter]

I believe the command is

firefox32-3

If you type in the terminal firefox and then press the tab button a couple of times, it should either autocomplete or if there is more than one possibility they should all be listed.

Thanks - that did the trick.

My ff32 has blank icons for the forward, backward, reload, and stop icons at the upper left. Also several of the menu items are missing icons. Do you know why and how to fix?

Also it seems that ff32 has a pop-up blocker built-in and turned on, but I am unable to find anywhere to turn it on in ff64. Do I need to find an add-on or extension to do this in ff64?

[whit]

The flash part of the install is repeatedly failing like this:

Would you like to install the Flash plugin?
Install option (Yes=1 No=2)? : 1
--05:52:28--  http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
           => `install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 72.247.74.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|72.247.74.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3,044,538 (2.9M) [application/x-gzip]

100%[==========================================================================================================>] 3,044,538     88.31K/s    ETA 00:00

05:53:03 (88.30 KB/s) - `install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz' saved [3044538/3044538]

install_flash_player_9_linux/
install_flash_player_9_linux/flashplayer-installer
install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so
cp: cannot stat `/tmp/ff32/install_flash_player_9_linux/flashplayer.xpt': No such file or directory

This is with the current version of the script. That directory only contains

flashplayer-installer  libflashplayer.so

at that point. Where's the xpt file supposed to come from?

I should add that the script does not have Flash working for Swiftweasel, so if that error's not why, something else is. The flashplayer-installer of course refused to run in a 64-bit environment.

Update: It was "something else" - a flashplugin-alternative.so symlink in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ - the script should either delete that link when it exists, or notify the user to delete it.

[flaggh]

Thanks - that did the trick.

My ff32 has blank icons for the forward, backward, reload, and stop icons at the upper left. Also several of the menu items are missing icons. Do you know why and how to fix?

There's a solution to this problem that was posted a while back. Check it out here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...postcount=1566

[davidw89]

wow after reading the first page i am STILL lost
iam using AMD64 build of ubuntu and since adobe doesn't have flash player 10 .deb installing on this system i have to find another way..

any idea how to do it?