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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. | 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 | 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 | '''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 | ===Fedora Core 3=== | ||
Where Firefox has been installed with the FC3 distribution: | Where Firefox has been installed with the FC3 distribution: | ||
:For all users (will require root privileges) | :For all users (will require root privileges) | ||
::/usr/lib/firefox-''<version>''/plugins where ''<version>'' is a numeric reference to the version e.g. /usr/lib/firefox-0.10.1/plugins | ::<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 22:40, 15 April 2005
- This category is about 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 extensions which are capable of doing a wide range of things, from changing keybindings to blocking advertisements, plugins are only used to display content, not understood natively by the browser, such as Flash, Java applets etc.
A major source of information about plugins in Firefox and Mozilla Suite is 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: find / -name libnullplugin.so -print
Fedora Core 3
Where Firefox has been installed with the FC3 distribution:
- For all users (will require root privileges)
- /usr/lib/firefox-<version>/plugins where <version> is a numeric reference to the version e.g. /usr/lib/firefox-0.10.1/plugins
Pages in category "Plugins"
The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
