[gentoo-user] Re: Installing adobe flash on 64bit arch

2010-03-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras

On 03/11/2010 01:13 AM, Mick wrote:

I see in the amd64 FAQs this:
==
Can I get Adobe Flash working?
  Yes. Just emerge adobe-flash. Adobe has provided a 64-bit Flash
plugin starting with version 10.0.22.87. If you don't need the 32-bit
plugin, then run echo www-plugins/adobe-flash -32bit
/etc/portage/package.use. This will install only the 64-bit Flash
plugin.
==

So that I am clear, why would I want to install flash with both the
32bit and 64bit USE flags?


If you have both 32-bit as well as 64-bit browsers installed.



If there is no reason for both flags, then
should I be disabling the 32bit globally or are there other
circumstances that mean I should only set it so for this package?


The 32bit flag is not global.  It's only defined and used by the flash 
ebuild.





Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing adobe flash on 64bit arch

2010-03-10 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 10 March 2010 23:32:14 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
 On 03/11/2010 01:13 AM, Mick wrote:
  I see in the amd64 FAQs this:
  ==
  Can I get Adobe Flash working?
Yes. Just emerge adobe-flash. Adobe has provided a 64-bit Flash
  plugin starting with version 10.0.22.87. If you don't need the 32-bit
  plugin, then run echo www-plugins/adobe-flash -32bit
  /etc/portage/package.use. This will install only the 64-bit Flash
  plugin.
  ==
 
  So that I am clear, why would I want to install flash with both the
  32bit and 64bit USE flags?
 
 If you have both 32-bit as well as 64-bit browsers installed.
 
  If there is no reason for both flags, then
  should I be disabling the 32bit globally or are there other
  circumstances that mean I should only set it so for this package?
 
 The 32bit flag is not global.  It's only defined and used by the flash
 ebuild.

Thank you both for your replies, I know what to install now.
-- 
Regards,
Mick


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