how to install flash plugin for linux-opera?

[吕韦甫]

Hello. I installed linux-opera following 'browser' section of the
handbook in order to be able to use adobe flash plugin.

now I got opera, how to install flash plugin?

I first tired the obvious way, by going to Get Flash:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
and grab a linux version. When asked I choose tar.gz format.

Getting install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz and extract it I got one
file: libflashplayer.so
(I wonder if it is single file why bother with .tar)

and place the libflashplayer.so to /usr/local/lib/opera/plugins

and start opera. no plug in installed. verified in:
Settings -> Preferences -> Content -> Plug-in options
where there is a list of installed plugins.

second trial is to manually add /usr/local/lib/opera/plugins to plugin
search paths, and restart opera again. still flash not listed in plugins.

3rd trial is to get a flash plugin binary from an ubuntu computer which
already have opera playing youtube movies just fine. The file I grab is
the same, libflashplayer.so, and place it in the same directory on
FreeBSD, result: opera still show no plugin installed.

4nd trial is to install opera-linuxplugins which according to
description is not needed (as is for wrapping netscape plugins) and
retry previous 1, 2 and 3. same bad result.

Someone must have done it before! Otherwise it make no sense for ports
to offer linux-opera as opera has FreeBSD binary distribution. But just
how? Google was my friend but no useful clue from there.

[Bob Eager]

On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:44:31 +0800, 吕韦甫 wrote:

> Hello. I installed linux-opera following 'browser' section of the
> handbook in order to be able to use adobe flash plugin.
>
> now I got opera, how to install flash plugin?
>
> I first tired the obvious way, by going to Get Flash:
> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
> and grab a linux version. When asked I choose tar.gz format.
>
> Getting install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz and extract it I got one
> file: libflashplayer.so
> (I wonder if it is single file why bother with .tar)
>
> and place the libflashplayer.so to /usr/local/lib/opera/plugins
>
> and start opera. no plug in installed. verified in:
> Settings -> Preferences -> Content -> Plug-in options
> where there is a list of installed plugins.
>
> second trial is to manually add /usr/local/lib/opera/plugins to plugin
> search paths, and restart opera again. still flash not listed in
> plugins.
>
> 3rd trial is to get a flash plugin binary from an ubuntu computer which
> already have opera playing youtube movies just fine. The file I grab is
> the same, libflashplayer.so, and place it in the same directory on
> FreeBSD, result: opera still show no plugin installed.
>
> 4nd trial is to install opera-linuxplugins which according to
> description is not needed (as is for wrapping netscape plugins) and
> retry previous 1, 2 and 3. same bad result.

5th trial is to read the FreeBSD handbook and install plugins as
suggested for Firefox. Pretty sure that worked for me.

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[吕韦甫]

On 04/24/2011 11:56 PM, Bob Eager wrote:
> 5th trial is to read the FreeBSD handbook and install plugins as
> suggested for Firefox. Pretty sure that worked for me.

I have a preference for opera, besides my system is slow.

[Bob Eager]

You misunderstand. Install the Firefox plugins, and they work with Opera.
No need to install Firefox.