On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 07:04:14PM -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote: > Chris G wrote: >> I'm running Fedora 7 on an Intelr Core 2 Duo based system so the >> Fedora install gave me 64-bit libraries etc. >> I'm running a 32-bit Firefox on this system as there are some plugins >> I need that are only available for 32-bit still. >> In order that I get the 32-bit Firefox to run the 64-bit one needs to >> be removed, OK, no problem I think. However there is a problem, >> uninstalling the 64-bit Firefox takes yelp with it. In addition there >> doesn't seem to be a 32-bit yelp, or at least I'm not offered one to >> install. >> So, *is* there a 32-bit yelp and, if so, how can I get it installed? > > One solution that worked well for me, was to grab the Fedora 8 > nspluginwrapper src.rpm package and rebuild it for Fedora 7 and install > that. That got me up and running with 32bit flash-plugin in 64bit firefox. > > On Fedora 8/x86_64, nspluginwrapper appears to be installed by default. > After installing Adobe's flash rpm, I just had to run > "mozilla-plugin-config" once and restart firefox. Flash seems to work like > a charm so far at least for youtube videos. > Flash is a long way down my priorites for plugins. My two main priorities are first the Acrobat Reader plugin and then Java. -- Chris Green
