Is nspluginwrapper needed for AdobeReader?

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Mon Nov 19 17:02:24 UTC 2012


On 11/19/2012 11:44 AM, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:38:48AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> On f17 x86_64 I have installed AdobeReader and it seems to work just
>> fine without nspluginwrapper.i686
>> Do I really need nspluginwrapper.i686?
>> (When I googled about how to yum install AdobeReader, the site
>> showed needing to install nspluginwrapper)
> I'm not sure if there's an x86_64 Reader now

No.  Only flash-plugin.  When I added the Adobe x86_64 repo, I was able 
to get flash, but no reader.  So I had to add the i686 repo as well.

>   -- if so, you won't _need_ the
> wrapper, but you may want it anyway, because it keeps the process spaces
> separate, which protects you from crashes.

Ah.  Will install then.

>
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