Firefox plugin folders

dk_zero-cool · 2008-05-23 06:04:43

Hi.
Firefox is placing plugin folders all over the hard drive.
When setting op Java Plugin, I found a plugin folder in /opt which I have never seen in other distro's before, and I was wondering where Firefox gets the information about all the plugin paths.
There must be a file list some where that is being used for this, but where ???

abhidg · 2008-05-23 07:19:02

Firefox did not place the Java plugin in /opt. 'jre' in extra installs to
/opt that's why you found it there.

dk_zero-cool · 2008-05-23 08:51:35

I know, but some how Firefox gets information that this path exists, but how and where ?
And for some reason, firefox in arch will only accept libjavaplugin from this path. If I try making a sym link to /etc/lib/mozilla/plugins or ~/.mozilla/plugins it will not work. It is found in about:plugins but will not execute java.

Mr.Elendig · 2008-05-23 10:08:07

This is how firefox knows about those paths:

[oh@Alice][~]%echo $MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH 
/opt/mozilla/lib/plugins:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

v-----------------------/etc/profile.d/mozilla-common.sh---------------------------------v

export PATH="${PATH}:/opt/mozilla/bin"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:/opt/mozilla/lib/pkgconfig"
export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH="/opt/mozilla/lib/plugins:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins"

Edit:
/etc/lib/mozilla/plugins is not a valid place to put the plugins, use /usr instead.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2008-05-23 10:10:29)

dk_zero-cool · 2008-05-23 10:19:09

sorry, I meant /usr/lib/mozila/plugins
But thanks for the answer. Now I can edit the paths as I choose to

Arch Linux

#1 2008-05-23 06:04:43

Firefox plugin folders

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Re: Firefox plugin folders

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