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From: critters <mhornyt@NO-TINNED-MEATnetscape.net>
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Subject: Re: Problem installing plugin under Ubuntu-64
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 23:39:33 -0700
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Marek Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:01:48 -0700, critters
> <mhornyt@NO-TINNED-MEATnetscape.net> dijo:
>
>
>>Marek Williams wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have Firefox 1.04 on my Windows 2000 computer and my Linux laptop
>>>(Ubuntu 5.04, 64-bit). No problems on the Windows 2000 version, but on
>>>the laptop I keep getting sites that say there is a missing plugin. I
>>>click to install the plugin, it appears to install it, and when I
>>>restart Firefox, the plugin is still not there.
>>>
>>>Also, Firefox on the Windows 2000 computer is 1.04. On the Linux
>>>laptop it appears to be 1.02, but evidently there is a bug that makes
>>>earlier versions of Firefox appear as 1.02. I don't care if there is a
>>>bug in the About page. All I want is to be sure I am running 64-bit
>>>Ubuntu. Is there a way to determine this? And a way to fix it?
>
>
>>1. Give a site that requires the plug-on
>>2. What plug-in?
>
>
> Go to allclassical.org with Linux version. Click on "listen online."
> The popup displays missing plugins. Cick on any of them. It will pop
> up a window that says "the following plugins are available: RealPlayer
> 10.5."
>
> It says to click on Next to install the plugin. When I click on Next
> it offers me only Manual Install. When I click on Manual Install it
> takes me to www.real.com. But I have already been there and installed
> it. Several times. However, while I may have installed it, I am not
> sure it is working, although Synaptic shows it as installed. The
> allclassical.org site is the only site I have ever tried it with, and
> it does not work.
>
> Actually, all I want to do is get allclassical.org to play on my
> 64-bit Ubuntu 5.04 laptop. Other plugins don't interest me.
>
> --
> Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here.
I had no problem. So, try this with Firefox closed. Go to the Real
Player Folder, and you should see the Netscape6 folder. There you will
see about 6 files. Copy them to the Firefox Plugin folder. Restart FF
and try that out.
Andy
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