Shockwave Player - Ubuntu / Linux

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Submitted by gregkrsak on Thu, 2006-10-05 03:14.

I have discovered a way to get Shockwave working under Linux.  I am using Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake), Wine 0.99.22, Firefox 1.5.0.7, and Shockwave 10.1.4.020.

  1. Install Wine.  For those who don't know, this is a program which will allow you to run Windows-based programs from within Linux.  Wine will automatically associate .exe files with itself.  More information on Wine is available at http://www.winehq.com .
  2. Download the Windows version of Firefox and install.  Wine will ensure the installer functions correctly.
  3. Install the Windows version of Shockwave for Mozilla.  I downloaded and installed it manually (slim install).
After these steps, I had a working Shockwave player from within Firefox.  Note that to use the Shockwave player, you must start the Windows version of Firefox, which will be running under Wine support.

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re: shockwave player - ubuntu/linux
Submitted by crookedsoul on Tue, 2007-02-20 01:31.

Thanks so much for your tip! It worked straight away, but I probably wouldn't have thought of installing the windows version of firefox, since I'm already running linux firefox. I suspect that a lot of other people have benefited from your tip, considering how many have read it. Thanks again.

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Not working too well...
Submitted by miggols99 on Sat, 2007-02-24 09:38.

I got it working, but it ran really slow and the text wasn't readable.

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Hmm.
Submitted by lns on Mon, 2007-10-15 22:36.

Since this blog post turns up so high in Google searches for "Shockwave Linux wine", I had to post and say that installing the Windows version of Firefox....well, it's not really a fix.I completely understand that for the casual Linux user, installing a Windows browser might be a good idea - but if you want to go and do that, why not just install Internet Explorer, to get everything you need?What we need is a way to (at least) get the Windows Shockwave plugin working under Wine for the LINUX version of Firefox....I know Crossover Office does this, so it MUST be possible with Wine. Installing the Windows version of a browser to use a certain plugin just seems like too much of a comprimise...

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adobe suports
Submitted by Greg97206 on Sun, 2007-11-11 10:53.

adobe suports linux -http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

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adobe does not support
Submitted by daemons on Wed, 2007-12-05 12:19.

Adobe supports flash but not shockwave files (e.g. ".aam"). Even newer Intel based Mac's are not supported. Shockwave is going to die.

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