The standard way to make Linux browsers accept Windows-style pluggins is with Plugger. I downloaded the source for version 5.0, and compiled it to its default directory which is in /usr/local . The plugin itself exists at /usr/local/lib/mozilla/plugins/plugger.so, so I followed the java example and did
# cd /usr/local/MozillaFirebird/plugins # ln -s /usr/local/lib/mozilla/plugins/plugger.so .Then went to the Plugger Testing Ground.
Oops, need a video player plugger recognizes. Do
# yum install mplayer mplayer-fonts mplayer-skinsto get one.
Back to the test page. So far, plugger works properly on the Quicktime, AVI and FLI videos, put not MPEG. Some sounds work, some don't. I suppose we'll have to play with /etc/pluggerrc-5.0, the plugger configuration file, to find out what can be made to work and what requires another program.
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