Squeak Firefox plugin on Linux

> I have Ubuntu Linux and the Squeak plugin for Firefox isn't working.
> For example, when I go to the Etoys page at Squeakland Im told I need
> to download a plugin, even if I've already installed it.  Does anyone
> know if this is the fault of Squeak, Ubuntu, Firefox, or me?
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> I tried installing your deb file but got the following error.  Do I
> have to do something with the changes file before installing the deb?
>
>
> Selecting previously deselected package squeakland.
> (Reading database ... 238563 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking squeakland (from .../deb/squeakland_3.8-4u_all.deb) ...
> Setting up squeakland (3.8-4u) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/squeakland.postinst: 33:
> /usr/lib/squeak/npsqueakregister: not found
> dpkg: error processing squeakland (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
>
>
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> there was a bug in the npsqueak, try using the packages from:
>>
>> http://www.impara.de/~jens/ubuntu/
>>
>> - Jens -
>>
>> Andrew Dabrowski schrieb:
>>> I have Ubuntu Linux and the Squeak plugin for Firefox isn't working.
>>> For example, when I go to the Etoys page at Squeakland Im told I
>>> need to download a plugin, even if I've already installed it.  Does
>>> anyone know if this is the fault of Squeak, Ubuntu, Firefox, or me?
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
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>
> You have to install the squeak-vm package before
>
> there should be the /usr/lib/squeak/npsqueakregister, which tries to
> register
> the plugin in various places.
>
> - Jens -
>
> Andrew Dabrowski schrieb:
>> I tried installing your deb file but got the following error.  Do I
>> have to do something with the changes file before installing the deb?
>>
>>
>> Selecting previously deselected package squeakland.
>> (Reading database ... 238563 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Unpacking squeakland (from .../deb/squeakland_3.8-4u_all.deb) ...
>> Setting up squeakland (3.8-4u) ...
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/squeakland.postinst: 33:
>> /usr/lib/squeak/npsqueakregister: not found
>> dpkg: error processing squeakland (--install):
>>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> there was a bug in the npsqueak, try using the packages from:
>>>
>>> http://www.impara.de/~jens/ubuntu/
>>>
>>> - Jens -
>>>
>>> Andrew Dabrowski schrieb:
>>>> I have Ubuntu Linux and the Squeak plugin for Firefox isn't working.
>>>> For example, when I go to the Etoys page at Squeakland Im told I
>>>> need to download a plugin, even if I've already installed it.  Does
>>>> anyone know if this is the fault of Squeak, Ubuntu, Firefox, or me?
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>

> I already had squeakvm installed.  In fact I had already tried  
> different versions of the squeak browser plugin, including the  
> earlier squeakland_3.8-3u_all.deb and the squeak-plugin deb files  
> from ftp.squeak.org, and I had never encountered this error before.
>
> By the way, I have tested the ftp.squeak.org version with two  
> different browsers, and it works with Mozilla but does not work  
> with Firefox.  Any idea why that should be the case?
>
>
>> You have to install the squeak-vm package before
>> there should be the /usr/lib/squeak/npsqueakregister, which tries  
>> to register
>> the plugin in various places.
>> - Jens -
>> Andrew Dabrowski schrieb:
>>> I tried installing your deb file but got the following error.  Do  
>>> I have to do something with the changes file before installing  
>>> the deb?
>>>
>>>
>>> Selecting previously deselected package squeakland.
>>> (Reading database ... 238563 files and directories currently  
>>> installed.)
>>> Unpacking squeakland (from .../deb/squeakland_3.8-4u_all.deb) ...
>>> Setting up squeakland (3.8-4u) ...
>>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/squeakland.postinst: 33: /usr/lib/squeak/
>>> npsqueakregister: not found
>>> dpkg: error processing squeakland (--install):
>>>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> there was a bug in the npsqueak, try using the packages from:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.impara.de/~jens/ubuntu/
>>>>
>>>> - Jens -
>>>>
>>>> Andrew Dabrowski schrieb:
>>>>> I have Ubuntu Linux and the Squeak plugin for Firefox isn't  
>>>>> working. For example, when I go to the Etoys page at Squeakland  
>>>>> Im told I need to download a plugin, even if I've already  
>>>>> installed it.  Does anyone know if this is the fault of Squeak,  
>>>>> Ubuntu, Firefox, or me?
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> You've lost me.  The installer did put  npsqueak.so into the  
> plugins directory, but eToys still aren't working in Firefox.
>
> What is libXt?
>
>> That's exactly the problem - until very recently, both Mozilla  
>> and  Firefox linked to libXt by default. Now Firefox does not  
>> anymore. So  our new version links libXt directly into the squeak  
>> plugin. It  should be sufficient to install the new plugin, and  
>> manually run  npsqueakregister. Or even manually create the  
>> symlinks from  npsqueak.so into your browser's plugins directory  
>> (that's all  npsqueakregister does).
>>
>> - Bert -
>

>
> Err, I was just trying to explain why it worked in Mozilla and  
> Firefox before, and now stopped working in Firefox but still works in  
> Mozilla. If you do not know what linking libraries like libXt means,  
> ignore that part.
>
> Replacing the old npsqueak.so with the new one should be all that is  
> required to make it work in Firefox again.
>
> - Bert -
>
> On Apr 13, 2007, at 0:58 , Andrew Dabrowski wrote:
>
>> You've lost me.  The installer did put  npsqueak.so into the  
>> plugins directory, but eToys still aren't working in Firefox.
>>
>> What is libXt?
>>
>>> That's exactly the problem - until very recently, both Mozilla  
>>> and  Firefox linked to libXt by default. Now Firefox does not  
>>> anymore. So  our new version links libXt directly into the squeak  
>>> plugin. It  should be sufficient to install the new plugin, and  
>>> manually run  npsqueakregister. Or even manually create the  
>>> symlinks from  npsqueak.so into your browser's plugins directory  
>>> (that's all  npsqueakregister does).
>>>
>>> - Bert -
>
>
>
>
>

>> Err, I was just trying to explain why it worked in Mozilla and  
>> Firefox before, and now stopped working in Firefox but still works
>> in  Mozilla. If you do not know what linking libraries like libXt
>> means,  ignore that part.
>>
>> Replacing the old npsqueak.so with the new one should be all that is  
>> required to make it work in Firefox again.
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
>> On Apr 13, 2007, at 0:58 , Andrew Dabrowski wrote:
>>
>>> You've lost me.  The installer did put  npsqueak.so into the  
>>> plugins directory, but eToys still aren't working in Firefox.
>>>
>>> What is libXt?
>>>
>>>> That's exactly the problem - until very recently, both Mozilla  
>>>> and  Firefox linked to libXt by default. Now Firefox does not  
>>>> anymore. So  our new version links libXt directly into the squeak  
>>>> plugin. It  should be sufficient to install the new plugin, and  
>>>> manually run  npsqueakregister. Or even manually create the  
>>>> symlinks from  npsqueak.so into your browser's plugins directory  
>>>> (that's all  npsqueakregister does).
>>>>
>>>> - Bert -
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> That's exactly the problem - until very recently, both Mozilla and
> Firefox linked to libXt by default. Now Firefox does not anymore. So
> our new version links libXt directly into the squeak plugin. It should
> be sufficient to install the new plugin, and manually run
> npsqueakregister. Or even manually create the symlinks from
> npsqueak.so into your browser's plugins directory (that's all
> npsqueakregister does).
>
> - Bert -
>
> On Apr 12, 2007, at 17:35 , Andrew Dabrowski wrote:
>
>> I already had squeakvm installed.  In fact I had already tried
>> different versions of the squeak browser plugin, including the
>> earlier squeakland_3.8-3u_all.deb and the squeak-plugin deb files
>> from ftp.squeak.org, and I had never encountered this error before.
>>
>> By the way, I have tested the ftp.squeak.org version with two
>> different browsers, and it works with Mozilla but does not work with
>> Firefox.  Any idea why that should be the case?
>>
>>
>>> You have to install the squeak-vm package before
>>> there should be the /usr/lib/squeak/npsqueakregister, which tries to
>>> register
>>> the plugin in various places.
>>> - Jens -
>>> Andrew Dabrowski schrieb:
>>>> I tried installing your deb file but got the following error.  Do I
>>>> have to do something with the changes file before installing the deb?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Selecting previously deselected package squeakland.
>>>> (Reading database ... 238563 files and directories currently
>>>> installed.)
>>>> Unpacking squeakland (from .../deb/squeakland_3.8-4u_all.deb) ...
>>>> Setting up squeakland (3.8-4u) ...
>>>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/squeakland.postinst: 33:
>>>> /usr/lib/squeak/npsqueakregister: not found
>>>> dpkg: error processing squeakland (--install):
>>>>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> there was a bug in the npsqueak, try using the packages from:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.impara.de/~jens/ubuntu/
>>>>>
>>>>> - Jens -
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew Dabrowski schrieb:
>>>>>> I have Ubuntu Linux and the Squeak plugin for Firefox isn't
>>>>>> working. For example, when I go to the Etoys page at Squeakland
>>>>>> Im told I need to download a plugin, even if I've already
>>>>>> installed it.  Does anyone know if this is the fault of Squeak,
>>>>>> Ubuntu, Firefox, or me?
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
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