Changeset a7d71e2

Timestamp:

01/18/2006 08:57:04 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

d1c3223

Parents:

8d349d4

Message:

Modified the sed command in the Firefox instructions so that it can be run multiple times, also modified the instructions for creating symlinks to the system-wide mozilla plugin directory

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@5578 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Modified the sed command in the Firefox instructions
+          so that it can be run multiple times, also modified the instructions
+          for creating symlinks to the system-wide mozilla plugin
+          directory.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[randy] - Added a dependency and updated text to the Xine
           Libraries instructions.</para>

xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml

@@ -204 +204 @@
     following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i "s/    enum/&amp; xptinfo_enum_1/" \
+<screen><userinput>sed -i "s/^    enum$/&amp; xptinfo_enum_1/" \
     xpcom/reflect/xptinfo/public/xptinfo.h &amp;&amp;
 make -f client.mk build</userinput></screen>
@@ -261 +261 @@
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
-    <para><command>sed -i "s/    enum/&amp; xptinfo_enum_1/" ...</command>:
+    <para><command>sed -i "s/^    enum$/&amp; xptinfo_enum_1/" ...</command>:
     This command is used to fix an anonymous enum in an external/public
     interface header file.</para>
@@ -309 +309 @@
     <para>Some packages install Mozilla plugins into the default system-wide
     directory <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>.
-    If desired, issue the following commands as the
-    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to link any plugins
-    you may have installed to the <application>Firefox</application> plugin
-    directory.</para>
+    If desired, create symbolic links in the <application>Firefox</application>
+    plugin directory
+    <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/plugins</filename>
+    to the files in the default plugin directory. Alternatively, you can move
+    or copy the files in the default plugin directory to the
+    <application>Firefox</application> plugin directory. An example of creating
+    a symbolic link is shown below. Create the links as the
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s ../../mozilla/plugins/<replaceable>[plugin.so]</replaceable> \
+    /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/plugins</userinput></screen>
+
+<!-- Commenting this out as it is replaced with text above saying to
+     create the symlinks manually.
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>if [ -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* ]; then
@@ -321 +331 @@
   done
 fi</userinput></screen>
+
+-->
 
   </sect2>