Nspluginwrapper-flash wont make link to ~.mozilla/plugins, Arch x86_64

Ub1476 · 2008-06-23 09:53:53

Hi, I had some issues with Firefox, removed it completely, along with the .mozilla folder.. So I reinstalled now when Firefox3 came to the repos, and tried to reinstall nspluginwrapper too. It installs fine, but nsplauginwrapper wont make a symbolic link..

Here's the entire installation process:

kasper ~/Desktop $  cd nspluginwrapper
kasper ~/Desktop/nspluginwrapper $  makepkg
==> Making package: nspluginwrapper 0.9.91.5-3  (Mon Jun 23 11:40:09 CEST 2008)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
  -> Downloading nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm...
--2008-06-23 11:40:09--  http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/files/nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm
Resolving gwenole.beauchesne.info... 88.191.25.183
Connecting to gwenole.beauchesne.info|88.191.25.183|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 52386 (51K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: `nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm'

100%[===========================================>] 52,386       149K/s   in 0.3s    

2008-06-23 11:40:10 (149 KB/s) - `nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm' saved [52386/52386]

  -> Downloading nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm...
--2008-06-23 11:40:10--  http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/files/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm
Resolving gwenole.beauchesne.info... 88.191.25.183
Connecting to gwenole.beauchesne.info|88.191.25.183|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 58545 (57K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: `nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm'

100%[===========================================>] 58,545       173K/s   in 0.3s    

2008-06-23 11:40:10 (173 KB/s) - `nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm' saved [58545/58545]

  -> Found rpmextract.sh in build dir
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm ... Passed
    nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm ... Passed
    rpmextract.sh ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/libxpcom.so
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin
203 blocks
./usr/bin/nspluginwrapper
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/noarch
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/noarch/mkruntime
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/noarch/npviewer
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/x86_64
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/x86_64/linux
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/x86_64/linux/npconfig
./usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/x86_64/linux/npwrapper.so
./usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.so
./usr/share/doc/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5
./usr/share/doc/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5/COPYING
./usr/share/doc/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5/NEWS
./usr/share/doc/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5/README
251 blocks
==> Tidying install...
  -> Removing info/doc files...
  -> Compressing man pages...
  -> Stripping debugging symbols from binaries and libraries...
==> Creating package...
  -> Generating .PKGINFO file...
  -> Adding install script...
  -> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: nspluginwrapper (Mon Jun 23 11:40:11 CEST 2008)
kasper ~/Desktop/nspluginwrapper $  sudo pacman -S cpio
warning: cpio-2.9-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets: cpio-2.9-3  

Total Download Size:    0.12 MB
Total Installed Size:   0.51 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n
kasper ~/Desktop/nspluginwrapper $  pacman -U nspluginwrapper-*.tar.gz
error: you cannot perform this operation unless you are root.
kasper ~/Desktop/nspluginwrapper $  sudo pacman -U nspluginwrapper-*.tar.gz
loading package data...
checking dependencies...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                   [##########################] 100%
(1/1) installing nspluginwrapper                    [##########################] 100%
flash9 can be obtained with nspluginwrapper-flash -package
flash7 with nspluginwrapper-flash-7
install lib32-alsa-lib from [community] to get flash9/alsa work
Konqueror users need to add $HOME/.mozilla/plugins/ to konqueror plugins path
kasper ~/Desktop/nspluginwrapper $  cd ..
kasper ~/Desktop $  cd nspluginwrapper-flash
kasper ~/Desktop/nspluginwrapper-flash $  makepkg
==> Making package: nspluginwrapper-flash 9.0.124.0-1  (Mon Jun 23 11:41:52 CEST 2008)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
  -> Downloading install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz...
--2008-06-23 11:41:52--  http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 84.53.170.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|84.53.170.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3044538 (2.9M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'

100%[===========================================>] 3,044,538    714K/s   in 4.2s    

2008-06-23 11:41:56 (701 KB/s) - `install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz' saved [3044538/3044538]

  -> Found adobe_eula.txt in build dir
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz ... Passed
    adobe_eula.txt ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
  -> bsdtar -x -f install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
==> Tidying install...
  -> Removing info/doc files...
  -> Compressing man pages...
  -> Stripping debugging symbols from binaries and libraries...
==> Creating package...
  -> Generating .PKGINFO file...
  -> Adding install script...
  -> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: nspluginwrapper-flash (Mon Jun 23 11:41:58 CEST 2008)
kasper ~/Desktop/nspluginwrapper-flash $  pacman -U nspluginwrapper-*.tar.gz
error: you cannot perform this operation unless you are root.
kasper ~/Desktop/nspluginwrapper-flash $  sudo pacman -U nspluginwrapper-*.tar.gz
loading package data...
checking dependencies...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                   [##########################] 100%
(1/1) installing nspluginwrapper-flash              [##########################] 100%
warning: directory permissions differ on usr/lib/mozilla/
filesystem: 700  package: 755
Run nspluginwrapper -v -a -i for automatic detection (/home/kasper/.mozilla/plugins directory must exist)
kasper ~/Desktop/nspluginwrapper-flash $  nspluginwrapper -v -a -i
Auto-install plugins from /home/kasper/.mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /home/kasper/.mozilla/plugins
kasper ~/Desktop/nspluginwrapper-flash $

And dir from .mozilla/plugins:

kasper ~/.mozilla/plugins $  dir
kasper ~/.mozilla/plugins $

In about:plugins:

NPAPI Plugins Wrapper 0.9.91.5

File name: npwrapper.so
nspluginwrapper is a cross-platform NPAPI plugin viewer, in particular for linux/i386 plugins.
This is beta software available under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

MIME type: Unknown - Description: do not open - Suffixes: none - Enabled: Yes.

I actually had this problem before, but I just copied the plugin to the folder. Can't remember which file I copied anymore though.. But I guess it wasn't the clean way.

brebs · 2008-06-23 12:56:32

warning: directory permissions differ on usr/lib/mozilla/
filesystem: 700 package: 755

How did you get into that wrong state? Only root can *read* that directory on your PC.

Ub1476 · 2008-06-23 14:14:22

Always been like that, "permission differ..".

I usually just ignore it and it works fine anyway.

I'm running as a normal user with wheel/sudo priviligies.

I read the post by Noneus here and fixed it:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=48827

I think the Wiki need an update. Looks like they're missing the "copy libflashplayer.so to ~/.mozilla/plugins"

This installed flash 10 beta, but it'sprobably better anyway though.

Last edited by Ub1476 (2008-06-23 22:34:51)

staar2 · 2010-02-09 20:36:59

I accidentaly did the same thing run firefox as root and it changed the premissions of folders. How to get this normal back ?

Mr.Elendig · 2010-02-09 21:45:30

1. chown/chmod
2. read the forum rules, do not necropost
3. this thread isn't really relevant anymore, since you don't need nspluginwrapper anymore.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2010-02-09 21:47:02)

Arch Linux

#1 2008-06-23 09:53:53

Nspluginwrapper-flash wont make link to ~.mozilla/plugins, Arch x86_64

#2 2008-06-23 12:56:32

Re: Nspluginwrapper-flash wont make link to ~.mozilla/plugins, Arch x86_64

#3 2008-06-23 14:14:22

Re: Nspluginwrapper-flash wont make link to ~.mozilla/plugins, Arch x86_64

#4 2010-02-09 20:36:59

Re: Nspluginwrapper-flash wont make link to ~.mozilla/plugins, Arch x86_64

#5 2010-02-09 21:45:30

Re: Nspluginwrapper-flash wont make link to ~.mozilla/plugins, Arch x86_64

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