How To Install mozplugger on Fedora 34

mozplugger is A generic mozilla plug-in

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozplugger on Fedora 34.

What is mozplugger

MozPlugger is a generic Mozilla plug-in that allows the use of standard Linux programs as plug-ins for media types on the Internet.

We can use yum or dnf to install mozplugger on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mozplugger.

Install mozplugger on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mozplugger using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mozplugger

Install mozplugger on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mozplugger using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mozplugger

How To Uninstall mozplugger on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the mozplugger package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mozplugger

mozplugger Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/mozpluggerrc
/usr/bin/mozplugger-controller
/usr/bin/mozplugger-helper
/usr/bin/mozplugger-linker
/usr/bin/mozplugger-update
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/74afe954f0621be2d4163dd04e25a5db9c63ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/ae37705a78da3ba79ca24116a75d015996ef49
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/6ceffcd662b50a57191775a27f9f538b9de480
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/6e25b435e1d66b19c13e99f0261574a08880fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/1875003045c3f5f03bcbc926f9e6790b4e772a
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/mozplugger.so
/usr/share/doc/mozplugger
/usr/share/doc/mozplugger/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mozplugger/README
/usr/share/man/man7/mozplugger.7.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozplugger on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.