pickarooney
03-22-2004, 03:33 PM
Here's how I got Flash, plugger (for avi, mpg, qt files), Real Player, Acrobat and Java working in Opera.
I've had a couple of beers, so there are bound to be errors and omissions, but I'll be glad to fill in any blanks I may have left.
Try the solutions from Opera's website (http://www.opera.com/docs/plugins/) first. If that fails...
Let's start with the easiest:
Acrobat Reader
Install the plugin from
here (http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/5.x/linux-508.tar.gz). Open The preferences dialogue in Opera and in the plugins section, add this directory: /usr/local/Acrobat5/Browsers/intellinux/
Plugger
Download the source here (http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger/plugger-5.0.tar.gz) and read the instructions carefully. The make/compile step is easy, but you must copy the correct files to the correct opera directory:
cp plugger.so ~/.opera/plugins/plugger.so
cp pluggerrc ~/.opera/pluggerrc-5.0
cp plugger-5.0 ~/.opera/
Java
Download j2re from here (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html).
Open the plugins preferences dialogue in Opera and add the directory /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns4/
RealPlayer
Note: I'm not sure this works as it should, but it seems to play OK for the time being.
Install Real Player 8 from here (http://forms.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html) and point the plugins directory to /usr/lib/RealPlayer8.
Flash
Download the plugin from
here (http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/flash/english/linux/6.0r81/install_flash_player_6_linux.tar.gz), unpack it and install, choosing the opera install path.
First, check if Opera picks it up automatically.
If not, check if you have a file called /ust/lib/opera/plugins/operamoifwrapper. This may be called operamotifwrapper-2 or operamotifwrapper-3. Copy one of them to operamotifwrapper.
If you don't have this or these file(s), install Lesstif (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=8596).
Try again.
Check the dependencies of this file with ldd /usr/lib/opera/plugins/operamotifwrapper
Check the dependencies of /usr/lib/opera/$version/opera with ldd.
If you're missing the file libstdc++.so, have a look for it with the locate command and if you find it copy it to /usr/lib. It's often in the OpenOffice directory for example, or a sub-directory of gcc-lib. Copy it into /usr/lib (Note, this works for mandrake, not sure for other distros).
From the command line, run opera --debugplugin and check for any errors.
Post here if it's still not working, stating the Opera version and any missing files reported by the ldd and --debugplugin commands.
Good luck,
P
I've had a couple of beers, so there are bound to be errors and omissions, but I'll be glad to fill in any blanks I may have left.
Try the solutions from Opera's website (http://www.opera.com/docs/plugins/) first. If that fails...
Let's start with the easiest:
Acrobat Reader
Install the plugin from
here (http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/5.x/linux-508.tar.gz). Open The preferences dialogue in Opera and in the plugins section, add this directory: /usr/local/Acrobat5/Browsers/intellinux/
Plugger
Download the source here (http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger/plugger-5.0.tar.gz) and read the instructions carefully. The make/compile step is easy, but you must copy the correct files to the correct opera directory:
cp plugger.so ~/.opera/plugins/plugger.so
cp pluggerrc ~/.opera/pluggerrc-5.0
cp plugger-5.0 ~/.opera/
Java
Download j2re from here (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html).
Open the plugins preferences dialogue in Opera and add the directory /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns4/
RealPlayer
Note: I'm not sure this works as it should, but it seems to play OK for the time being.
Install Real Player 8 from here (http://forms.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html) and point the plugins directory to /usr/lib/RealPlayer8.
Flash
Download the plugin from
here (http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/flash/english/linux/6.0r81/install_flash_player_6_linux.tar.gz), unpack it and install, choosing the opera install path.
First, check if Opera picks it up automatically.
If not, check if you have a file called /ust/lib/opera/plugins/operamoifwrapper. This may be called operamotifwrapper-2 or operamotifwrapper-3. Copy one of them to operamotifwrapper.
If you don't have this or these file(s), install Lesstif (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=8596).
Try again.
Check the dependencies of this file with ldd /usr/lib/opera/plugins/operamotifwrapper
Check the dependencies of /usr/lib/opera/$version/opera with ldd.
If you're missing the file libstdc++.so, have a look for it with the locate command and if you find it copy it to /usr/lib. It's often in the OpenOffice directory for example, or a sub-directory of gcc-lib. Copy it into /usr/lib (Note, this works for mandrake, not sure for other distros).
From the command line, run opera --debugplugin and check for any errors.
Post here if it's still not working, stating the Opera version and any missing files reported by the ldd and --debugplugin commands.
Good luck,
P