Truble installing Mozilla plugins

Hi fellow I have been trying to install a few plugins but nothing seems to work. When I type about;plugins in the web address bar it says that I do not have any plugins but when I go to the Mozilla plugin directory there must be at least 20 plugins including flash, which is what I am really trying to get. Any one know of a good tutorial or have any suggestions?

everything seemed to be working when I had 1.5 it was when I switched to FF 2.0 that I started having trouble.

 

which directory are you in? what you might want to do is enter this in a terminal:

Code:

sudo cp /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ~/.mozilla/

(the tilde "~" is shorthand for your home directory)

this should create a plugins directory associated with your user that all versions of mozilla/firefox should check.

 

Well I tried typing it in but I do not see any folder in the home icon in file browser.

 

And the .mozilla means that the created directory will be hidden.

 

I don't know whats wrong, maybe I should just reinstall firefox and see if that helps

 

actually, I screwed up I think...

the "." of .mozilla means that the folder is hidden from normal view. if you open a terminal to your home directory and type "ls -a", you'll see a bunch of hidden directories containing configuration files.

I actually gave you the wrong command in the first go.

Code:

mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins

cp /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* ~/.mozilla/plugins/

in the file browser, something like View > Show Hidden Files should make everything show up.

 

Thanks, I was able to get the plugins installed.

 

cool, glad it worked.

the nice thing about having the plugins in your home directory is that a lot of mozilla/gecko based browers look there for plugins, so if you later install a different version of FF or whatever, it will automatically pick those plugins up.