fyi, on Gentoo the plugins dir is /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins :)

John.


Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>
> 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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