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nspluginwrapper

nspluginwrapper is an Open Source compatibility plugin for Netscape 4 (NPAPI) plugins. That is, it enables you to use plugins on platforms they were not built for. For example, you can use the Adobe Flash plugin on Linux/x86_64, NetBSD and FreeBSD platforms.

nspluginwrapper is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Recent updates: [ 2008/06/29 -- Version 1.0.0 (stable) | Additional information ]

Development snapshot: [ 2008/07/06 -- Version 1.1.0 ]

Compatibility

The following plugins work reasonnably well:

News

  • [2008/06/29] nspluginwrapper 1.0.0
    • Don't wrap root plugins to system locations, keep them private
    • Fix support for Acrobat Reader 8 (focus problems)
    • Fix support for mozplugger (in full-debug mode)
    • Fix support for WebKit
    • Fix crashes with Flash Player 9 Update 3 (9.0.115)
    • Fix build with Intel compiler
    • Add support for IBM XLC compiler
    • Improve error handling during RPC initialization (possible memory leak on error)
    • Improve error handling in NPP_WriteReady() and NPP_Write()
  • [2007/08/26] nspluginwrapper 0.9.91.5
    • Fix a memory leak in NPP_Destroy()
    • Fix DiamondX XEmbed example plugin
    • Fix focus problems (Debian bug #435912)
    • Add support for 64-bit plugins (Martin Stransky)
    • Add support for newer NPAPI 0.17 functions and variables
    • Add support for broken 64-bit Konqueror versions (run-time detect)

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Documentation

More detailed documentation is available in the Help Center.

Installation

Usage