[Solved] mplayplug-in and firefox

al7oot · #1 August 14th, 2009, 21:26

Hellow everyone,

I'm currently using SeaMonkey Web Navigator and I want to install mplayerplug-in; the problem is when I installed it using the following code

Code:

pkg_add -r mplayerplug-in

, the installer installed firefox as a dependency! I know that mplayerplug-in works with any gecko browser i.e. it works well with SeaMonkey. So, how to install it without firefox. I don't need two browsers in my freeBSD box.

Thanks for help.

MG · #2 August 14th, 2009, 22:02

Here it is:

Code:

cd /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin
make -n | grep -A 5 -B 5 firefox | more

so it's like: # make WITH_GECKO=seamonkey

btw, is the port name misspelled on www.freebsd.org/ports? I have /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin on my disc, but on the ports page its mplayerplug-in.

I don't know if this is also possible with pkg_add without building mplayer-plugin

al7oot · #3 August 14th, 2009, 22:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by MG

Here it is:

cd /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin
make -n | grep -A 5 -B 5 firefox | more:

so it's like: #make WITH_GECKO=seamonkey

btw, is the port name misspelled on www.freebsd.org/ports? I have /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin on my disc, but on the ports page its mplayerplug-in.

I don't know if this is also possible with pkg_add without building mplayer-plugin

Thanks for the quick repond,

do I need to type the code like this?

Code:

make -n | grep -A 5 -B 5 firefox |

what about "more:"?
Also do I need to use this code?

Code:

#make WITH_GECKO=seamonkey

please clarify.

MG · #4 August 14th, 2009, 22:40

That's how I found the text about this setting. You don't need it actually.

Code:

make WITH_GECKO=seamonkey

should do the job

al7oot · #5 August 14th, 2009, 23:06

So this code

Code:

make -n | grep -A 5 -B 5 firefox |

will prevent firefox from being installed with mplayerplug-in? I just want to double-check with you before I proceed with the installation; it's difficult to undo the installation if anything went wrong.

Thanks MG

MG · #6 August 15th, 2009, 00:20

To be exactly, it was a search through the preview of the make command on this port. I was a bit lucky:

If I do:

Code:

cd /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin
make -n | grep -A 5 -B 5 firefox | more

I get this info on top of my screen:

Code:

echo ""
echo " mplayerplug-in is using firefox for gecko support, but you can"
echo " change that by defining WITH_GECKO to the following values:"
echo ""
echo "   firefox "
echo "   mozilla "
echo "   seamonkey "
echo "   libxul "
echo ""
true

Maybe this search result only happens on mplayerplug-in-3.55 on CURRENT ports.
I didn't try to build this, but it should just work:

Code:

make WITH_GECKO=seamonkey

#7 August 15th, 2009, 13:15

As I red about Firefox, a 2.0 version should be out of ports and 3.1 or 3.5 should we use but if you install mplayer-plugin for example you will get firefox 2.0 again on the system.

al7oot · #8 August 15th, 2009, 13:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by MG

To be exactly, it was a search through the preview of the make command on this port. I was a bit lucky:

If I do:

Code:

cd /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin
make -n | grep -A 5 -B 5 firefox | more

I get this info on top of my screen:

Code:

echo ""
echo " mplayerplug-in is using firefox for gecko support, but you can"
echo " change that by defining WITH_GECKO to the following values:"
echo ""
echo "   firefox "
echo "   mozilla "
echo "   seamonkey "
echo "   libxul "
echo ""
true

Maybe this search result only happens on mplayerplug-in-3.55 on CURRENT ports.
I didn't try to build this, but it should just work:

Code:

make WITH_GECKO=seamonkey

Thanks MG, your help was invaluable. It worked as charm

. I installed mplayerplug-in using the following code:

Code:

cd /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin && make WITH_GECKO=seamonkey install clean

Now I have the plugin installed without firefox.

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