[squeak-dev] Re: squeak plugin in ff 2/3

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Mon Jul 28 12:17:53 UTC 2008


Am 15.07.2008 um 22:22 schrieb K. K. Subramaniam:

> On Wednesday 16 Jul 2008 1:08:03 am Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> Does Ubuntu have a designated location for browser plugins?
>
> The convention is to put files like plugins in /usr/lib/<app>/ 
> plugins/. But
> that is just that - a convention and that can change with time and  
> across
> distros. 64-bit systems use /usr/lib64/<app>/plugins. Upstream  
> installers
> like npsqueakregister should take in a list of paths for placing  
> links to
> squeak plugin. This allows distro packagers or sysadmins to override  
> them
> (with say /opt/<app>/plugins) without having to patch scripts.
>
> I can make a patch for npsqueakregister if there is any interest.
>
> If no path list is given,
> globbing /usr/{local/lib,lib}/{firefox,mozilla,netscape}/plugins is  
> a safe
> bet.
>
> Subbu

Did I ever answer this? Sure, send the patch.

- Bert -





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