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: ''This category is about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPAPI Netscape-style plugins], most commonly used in {{Firefox}} and {{Mozilla Suite}}''
: ''This category is about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPAPI Netscape-style plugins], most commonly used in {{Firefox}} and {{Mozilla Suite}}''


Plugin is a piece of software that is used to extend browser's functionality. Unlike [[extension]]s which are capable of doing a wide range of things, from [[Keyconfig extension|changing keybindings]] to [[Adblock|blocking advertisements]], plugins are only used to display content, not understood natively by the browser, such as [[Flash]], [[Java|Java applets]] etc.
A plugin is a piece of software that is used to extend the functionality of a software application. They are used by all sophisticated Web browsers to display content which they do not natively understand, such as [[Macromedia Flash | Flash]] and [[Java|Java applets]]. Firefox and the Mozilla Suite support these and other plugins, thus enabling the user to experience a wide range of media currently available on the Web, including sound, video and games.


A major source of information about plugins in Firefox and Mozilla Suite is [http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/ PluginDoc].
A major source of information about plugins in Firefox and the Mozilla Suite is [http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/ PluginDoc].
 
==Plugins in Linux==
Plugins may often be installed for all users or for individual users. On a standalone system it would be sensible to install it for all users, which would require root privileges. Note that the browser must be restarted to enable a plugin.
 
Most installation instructions glibly advise installing the files to the ''plugin directory'' and this section is intended to give its location for various Linux distributions. Feel free to include the paths for your flavour of Linux.
 
'''Tip:''' Firefox installs a default plugin named "libnullplugin.so". Finding it will reveal the location of the correct directory. The following command should work: <tt>find / -name libnullplugin.so -print</tt>
 
===Fedora Core 3===
Where Firefox has been installed with the FC3 distribution:
:For all users (will require root privileges)
::<tt>/usr/lib/firefox-''<version>''/plugins</tt> where ''<version>'' is a numeric reference to the version e.g. <tt>/usr/lib/firefox-0.10.1/plugins</tt>

Revision as of 16:29, 18 May 2005

This category is about Netscape-style plugins, most commonly used in Firefox and Mozilla Suite

A plugin is a piece of software that is used to extend the functionality of a software application. They are used by all sophisticated Web browsers to display content which they do not natively understand, such as Flash and Java applets. Firefox and the Mozilla Suite support these and other plugins, thus enabling the user to experience a wide range of media currently available on the Web, including sound, video and games.

A major source of information about plugins in Firefox and the Mozilla Suite is PluginDoc.

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