64bit distro and browser but need 32bit plugin?

Torxed · 2013-06-22 21:16:19

Ok so i have an issue where i run 64bit Arch with 64bit chromium.
I've also enabled multilib and installed a Swedish Identity Security Software that requires a 32bit browser with Flash/Java support.. and I'm not quite sure how to go about this.

My first thought was to install pacman -U firefox... with a downloaded 32bit version and hope for some magic but that didn't work so well.
So any ideas on how to solve this?

I need either for Chromium to run as if it was a 32bit environment to fool the "plugin" (that being Java loading the 3 party software called BankID) or an actual 32bit browser (pref Firefox or something other than Chromium to not mix them up)

Pierre · 2013-06-22 21:27:26

Maybbe nspluginwrapepr still works. You could also always use a container/chroot or vm.

But then, a proprietary "security" plugin that requires java and flash? I don't think you really want to install or even use this.

Torxed · 2013-06-22 21:29:19

Pierre wrote:

Maybbe nspluginwrapepr still works. You could also always use a container/chroot or vm.
But then, a proprietary "security" plugin that requires java and flash? I don't think you really want to install or even use this.

How would i go about creating a temporary chroot? do i need to know the specific location of the plugin for that to work or just do a /usr/lib32 something?

Hehe, i'm well aware that "security" and "flash/java" doesn't ring to well, but it's the only option in Sweden to authenticate as "me" when doing banking and social security tasks i'm afraid.
Doing taxes atm and just moved and both require "BankID" :/

a VM is a sure thing solution, as a last resort i'll go down that road and install either some dummy Win7 or Arch-32bit :)

Last edited by Torxed (2013-06-22 21:31:27)

Pierre · 2013-06-22 21:39:52

You can install arch-install-scripts and just use pacstrap to create a chroot env.. Something like "setarch i686 pacstrap ...". You can use arch-chroot to change into that container. You might need to bind other dirs and set xhost permissions to get x11 programms working; there is probably something in the wiki.

anonymous_user · 2013-06-23 03:33:09

You could try installing bin32-firefox (from AUR) and lib32-flashplugin.

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#1 2013-06-22 21:16:19

64bit distro and browser but need 32bit plugin?

#2 2013-06-22 21:27:26

Re: 64bit distro and browser but need 32bit plugin?

#3 2013-06-22 21:29:19

Re: 64bit distro and browser but need 32bit plugin?

#4 2013-06-22 21:39:52

Re: 64bit distro and browser but need 32bit plugin?

#5 2013-06-23 03:33:09

Re: 64bit distro and browser but need 32bit plugin?

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