handbook: remove instructions for NPAPI plugins
- Neither Firefox nor Chrome support NPAPI plugins anymore and as such the instructions to install them are not applicable. - Tell users of opera to install the plugin directly rather than redirect to Firefox's instructions. I have not validated that this still works. Google shows mixed information for Opera's NPAPI support. - While here remove an extraneous word 'new' PR: 220399 Reported by: Randy Westlund <rwestlun@gmail.com>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/firefox</userinput>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
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<sect3 xml:id="moz-java-plugin">
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<title>Firefox and &java; Plugin</title>
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<para>The installation of
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<application>Firefox</application> does not include &java;
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support. However, <package>java/icedtea-web</package>
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provides a free software web browser plugin for running Java
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applets. It can be installed as a package by running:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install icedtea-web</userinput></screen>
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<para>Alternatively, to compile from the Ports Collection:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/java/icedtea-web</userinput>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
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<para>Keep the default configuration options when compiling the
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port.</para>
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<para>Once installed, start <application>Firefox</application>,
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enter <literal>about:plugins</literal> in the location bar and
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press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. A page listing the installed
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plugins will be displayed. The
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<application>&java;</application> plugin should be
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listed.</para>
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<para>If the browser is unable to find the plugin, each user
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will have to run the following command and relaunch the
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browser:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/lib/IcedTeaPlugin.so \
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$HOME/.mozilla/plugins/</userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 xml:id="moz-flash-plugin">
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<title>Firefox and &adobe; &flash; Plugin</title>
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<indexterm>
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<primary>Flash</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>A native &adobe; &flash; plugin is not available for &os;.
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However, a software wrapper for running the &linux; version
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of the plugin is available. This wrapper also provides
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support for other browser plugins such as &realplayer;.</para>
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<para>To install and enable this plugin, perform these
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steps:</para>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Install <package
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role="port">www/nspluginwrapper</package> from the port.
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Due to licensing restrictions, a package is not available.
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This port requires
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<package>emulators/linux_base-c6</package>.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Install <package
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role="port">www/linux-flashplayer</package> from
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the port. Due to licensing restrictions, a package is not
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available.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Before the plugin is first used, each user must
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run:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>nspluginwrapper -v -a -i</userinput></screen>
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<para>When the plugin port has been updated and reinstalled,
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each user must run:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>nspluginwrapper -v -a -u</userinput></screen>
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<para>Start the browser, enter
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<literal>about:plugins</literal> in the location bar and
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press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. A list of all the currently
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available plugins will be shown.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 xml:id="moz-swfdec-flash-plugin">
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<title>Firefox and Swfdec &flash; Plugin</title>
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<para><application>Swfdec</application> is a decoder and
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renderer for &flash; animations.
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<application>Swfdec-Mozilla</application> is a plugin for
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<application>Firefox</application> browsers that uses the
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Swfdec library for playing SWF files.</para>
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<para>To install the package:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install swfdec-plugin</userinput></screen>
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<para>If the package is not available, compile and install it
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from the Ports Collection:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/swfdec-plugin</userinput>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
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<para>Restart the browser to activate this plugin.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<literal>opera</literal>.</para>
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<para>To install &adobe; &flash; plugin support, first compile
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the <package role="port">www/linux-c6-flashplugin11</package>
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the <package role="port">www/linux-flashplayer</package>
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port. Licensing restrictions prevent making a package
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available. Then install <package
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role="port">www/opera-linuxplugins</package>. This example
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compiles both applications from ports:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/linux-c6-flashplugin11</userinput>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplayer</userinput>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/opera-linuxplugins</userinput>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
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all the currently available plugins.</para>
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<para>To add the <application>&java;</application> plugin,
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follow the instructions in <xref
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linkend="moz-java-plugin"/>.</para>
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follow install
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<package role="port">java/icedtea-web</package>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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is <filename>/usr/local/bin/chrome</filename>, not
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<filename>/usr/local/bin/chromium</filename>.</para>
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</note>
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<sect3 xml:id="chromium-java-plugin">
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<title>Chromium and &java; Plugin</title>
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<para>The installation of
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<application>Chromium</application> does not include &java;
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support. To install &java; plugin support, follow the
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instructions in <xref linkend="moz-java-plugin"/>.</para>
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<para>Once &java; support is installed, start
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<application>Chromium</application> and enter
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<literal>about:plugins</literal> in the address bar.
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IcedTea-Web should be listed as one of the installed
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plugins.</para>
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<para>If <application>Chromium</application> does not display
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the IcedTea-Web plugin, run the following commands and
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restart the web browser:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /usr/local/share/chromium/plugins
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&prompt.root; ln -s /usr/local/lib/IcedTeaPlugin.so \
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/usr/local/share/chromium/plugins/</userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 xml:id="chromium-flash-plugin">
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<title>Chromium and &adobe; &flash; Plugin</title>
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<para>Configuring <application>Chromium</application> and
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&adobe; &flash; is similar to the instructions in
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<xref linkend="moz-flash-plugin"/>. No additional
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configuration should be necessary, since
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<application>Chromium</application> is able to use some
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plugins from other browsers.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 xml:id="desktop-productivity">
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<title>Productivity</title>
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<para>When it comes to productivity, new users often look for an
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<para>When it comes to productivity, users often look for an
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office suite or an easy-to-use word processor. While some
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<link linkend="x11-wm">desktop environments</link> like
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<application>KDE</application> provide an office suite, there
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