I have followed the instructions for installation of Pipelight here, but to no avail:
https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/enabling-silverlight-in-firefox/6908
It may be worth noting that the file pluginreg.dat
contains the following after all is said and done:
Generated File. Do not edit.
[HEADER]
Version:0.18t:$
Arch:x86-gcc3:$
[PLUGINS]
libfreshwrapper-flashplayer.so:$
/usr/lib/browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash/libfreshwrapper-flashplayer.so:$
13.1.2.3:$
1477307377000:0:0:0:$
Shockwave Flash 13.1 r2:$
Shockwave Flash:$
2
0:application/x-shockwave-flash:Shockwave Flash:swf:$
1:application/futuresplash:FutureSplash Player:spl:$
[INVALID]
/usr/lib/pipelight/libpipelight-silverlight5.1.so:$
1490396453000:$
Any ideas? Here are the contents of /etc/lsb-release
if it helps:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS"
Best Answer
Firefox 52 ended support for NPAPI plugins other than Flash.
For more information see Firefox 52 Release Notes and the accompanying blog post.