Acrobat plugin for firefox doesn't work

Mogens Kjaer mk at crc.dk
Wed Nov 15 08:20:06 UTC 2006


Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> I've installed a recent Adobe PDF reader, AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1, from
> the Adobe site.  After recommended minor tweaks, it runs OK.
> 
> However, the plugin nppdf.so, which I've installed as:
>    /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.8/plugins/nppdf.so
> isn't recognized by firefox.  It doesn't show up on about:plugins, nor
> does it work.

I have this symlink (one line):

ln -s /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so 
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

and it works in firefox (32bit).

Mogens
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