Why are there so many Mozilla plugins directories?
I seem to find, on 9.04 or 9.10, that there are separate directories for:
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-[version]/plugins /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/xulrunner/plugins /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins Some of these are links to other ones, some are empty. Most contain symlinks to various things in /etc/alternatives which then link to actual plugins for media players, java, etc. Why so many? Wouldn't a single linked or union directory be easier, or am I missing something important? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lproven@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lproven@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Why are there so many Mozilla plugins directories?
Liam Proven wrote:
I seem to find, on 9.04 or 9.10, that there are separate directories for: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-[version]/plugins /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/xulrunner/plugins /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins Some of these are links to other ones, some are empty. Most contain symlinks to various things in /etc/alternatives which then link to actual plugins for media players, java, etc. Why so many? Wouldn't a single linked or union directory be easier, or am I missing something important? Your suggestion is logical therefore not implemented-:o) Actually, I don't know why it is that way but prefer to have it as you suggest. I find there are too many symlinks in Linux/Ubuntu any way and if you look you'll find many are broken. Maybe some developer can shed some light why this is so. -- Leonard lenc5570@sbcglobal.net -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Why are there so many Mozilla plugins directories?
Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com> writes:
> I seem to find, on 9.04 or 9.10, that there are separate directories for: > > /usr/lib/firefox/plugins > /usr/lib/firefox-[version]/plugins > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins > /usr/lib/xulrunner/plugins > /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins > > Some of these are links to other ones, some are empty. > > Most contain symlinks to various things in /etc/alternatives which > then link to actual plugins for media players, java, etc. > > Why so many? Wouldn't a single linked or union directory be easier, or > am I missing something important? This allows to have specific plugins for a given version of Firefox, plugins for any Mozilla or XULRunner based software, ... Also some third-party software ma expect to be installed in some of this directories for historic reasons. The alternatives system is there to manage different packages providing the same functionality, see man update-alternatives Florian -- <http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/pdfrecycle/> -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Why are there so many Mozilla plugins directories?
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Florian Diesch <diesch@spamfence.net> wrote:
> Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com> writes: > >> I seem to find, on 9.04 or 9.10, that there are separate directories for: >> >> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins >> /usr/lib/firefox-[version]/plugins >> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins >> /usr/lib/xulrunner/plugins >> /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins >> >> Some of these are links to other ones, some are empty. >> >> Most contain symlinks to various things in /etc/alternatives which >> then link to actual plugins for media players, java, etc. >> >> Why so many? Wouldn't a single linked or union directory be easier, or >> am I missing something important? > > This allows to have specific plugins for a given version of Firefox, > plugins for any Mozilla or XULRunner based software, ... Â*Also some > third-party software ma expect to be installed in some of this > directories for historic reasons. > > The alternatives system is there to manage different packages providing > the same functionality, see man update-alternatives Good point, I guess. I am not sure why this would be necessary but I guess it might be for someone. Thanks! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lproven@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lproven@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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