On Sun 13 Sep 2015 at 16:24:19 +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2015-09-13, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/09/msg00444.html > > > > there is > > > > All the ones you mention plus hal-trinity. But so has my husband's > > computer. > > He has only the one libflashplayer.so, the mozilla one. > > > > I, on the other hand, have three: > > /home/lisi/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > /usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so > > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > > > The second line is ok but the third line should show > > > > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so > > > > as a symlink to /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so. > > > > I think libflashplayer.so in $HOME takes precedence over the alternatives > > system. 'ls -l' might indicate which package provides it. > > > > Whatever happened to 'about:plugins' in the address bar? That tells you > what plugin is being used, as well as the version (we are we talking > about iceweasel, right?).
Not a bad idea but it doesn't tell you where the file in ~/.mozilla/plugins came from. > Personally, here at home, /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so is a > symlink to /home/curty/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so. This was done > because no taking precedence over /etc/alternatives was taking place. I > put the plugin there so I don't have to be root to update it after I > wget the newest version from Adobe. You look to be right about the precedence; 'about:plugins' shows the one in ~/.mozilla/plugins as second in the Path:. The symlink doesn't appear to be needed when /.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so is the only file on the system.
