Recently I found nspluginwrapper which allows to use 32bit plugins on a 64bit Firefox browser using nspluginwrapper.
It is an Open Source compatibility plugin for Netscape 4 (NPAPI) plugins. That is, it enables you to use plugins on platforms they were not built for. For example, you can following plugin on Linux/x86_64 , NetBSD and FreeBSD platforms:
=> Acrobat Reader (v5.0.9, v7.0.1)
=> DejaVu Libre (v3.5.14)
=> Flash Player (v7.0, v9.0)
=> Linux JPEG 2000 (v0.0.2)
=> Mplayerplug-in (v2.80, v3.25)
=> Real Player (v10.0.5)
Note that following instruction are tested on 64 bit Fedora Core and RHEL 5 only. See below for Debian/Ubuntu Linux specific instructions.
Download link
You can download this software from official site.
Installation
Use wget command to download software:
$ wget http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/files/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.3-1.x86_64.rpm
$ wget http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/files/nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.3-1.x86_64.rpm
Requirements
a) Make sure Firefox is not running.
b) Make sure you have downloaded and installed required 32 bit plugins such as Flash, Acrobat etc
You need to install gtk2.i386 using yum command:
# yum gtk2.i386
Use rpm command to install package:
# rpm -ivh nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.3-1.x86_64.rpm nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.3-1.x86_64.rpm
Note that you need to install both the Plugin and the Viewer for correct operation.
How do I use this software?
Once installed simply run nspluginwrapper command. For example install wrapper for Flash player 9:
# nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
You can remove wrapper using –r switch:
# nspluginwrapper -r /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
Under Fedora Core and RHEL 5/Debian/Ubuntu Linux you will find all 64 bit libs under /usr/lib64 and 32 bit under /usr/lib directory.
You can also update all plugins
# nspluginwrapper -v -a -u
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….. or install MEPIS 6.5 64 bit and you have it out of the box…..
And where is java?
Nspluginwrapper doesn’t work with 32 bin java plugin.
blackdown has a 64bit jdk
Great thanks for this post!!!
thx so lot!
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Sir,
I request to you are ethentication for use to realplayer rpm package install for “RHEL 5″.
This is great. Took like 5 minutes. This guide works well for opensuse, and firefox I just made sure copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib64/firefox/plugins since it wasn’t in the directory.
hi i want to install flash in my machine!
what i have to do!
help me to install…..
nspluginwrapper’s a great utility… I’ve been using it a while, and it’s in every install of Ultima Linux AMD64 ;-)
Thanks a lot. I didn’t kill the firefox just because I had to read this instructions :)
Anyway everything worked like charm. Cool.
very nice, congratulations very useful and quickly configuration…
Thxs a lot
heres how i got 64 bit working (very similar) on debian lenny
Yeah, this really worked:
# rpm -ivh nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.3-1.x86_64.rpm nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.3-1.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libXt.so.6 is needed by nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.3-1.x86_64
It’s already installed! LOL!
i have installed as you directed but the speaker voice is not coming in flv…
that means flash video are playing without voice
if u have any idea than give reply
thanks
ERROR: Your architecture, \’ppc64\’, is not supported by the
Adobe Flash Player installer.