• Silverlight on openSUSE - HowTo

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    Knurpht
    Published on 13-Sep-2013 03:02  Number of Views: 40387  
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    ​Introduction

    Thanks to the efforts by Richard Bos we can now have Silverlight applications / websites on our openSUSE install, using Pipelight. This project was started mainly to give dutch people access to Magister, a Silverlight based students/parents application a lot of dutch schools use, that was not accessible on linux until now.

    Pre-install

    Remove the moonlight plugin, through Yast + browsers, if installed.
    Add the repo below for your openSUSE version, trust the key when prompted for:



    Installation




    • Through Yast:
      • Select View - Repositories
      • Tick the Pipelight repo
      • Select the pipelight package for install, it will pull in some dependencies.
      • Tick "Switch system packages .....". This will make sure the packages from the added repo will be used, not other.
      • Perform the install

    • Through zypper:
      • Code:
        su -c 'zypper ref'
      • Code:
        su -c 'zypper in pipelight'



    Post-install

    Start your browser and let the magic happen....... The pipelight plugin will trigger a Silverlight install on ~/.wine-pipelight and use that. Let it do it's thing, visit http://bubblemark.com/silverlight2.html to test. You should see a square with bouncing balls.
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    1. Knurpht's Avatar
      Knurpht - 13-Sep-2013, 04:23
      Since I can't edit the Article:

      Please read
      Code:
      ~/.wine-pipelight
      where the article says
      Code:
      ~/.wine/pipelight
      This does not change / have effect on the instructions given.
    1. pwrntspd's Avatar
      pwrntspd - 30-Sep-2013, 20:54
      Quote Originally Posted by Knurpht View Post
      Since I can't edit the Article:

      Please read
      Code:
      ~/.wine-pipelight
      where the article says
      Code:
      ~/.wine/pipelight
      This does not change / have effect on the instructions given.

      Knurpht,

      Can you help me with this? Ive tried using your instructional but after
      "zypper install pipelight"
      I get a problem as follows:
      Problem: nothing provides wine-gecko >= 2.24 needed by wine-pipelight-1.7.3-1.1.i586
       Solution 1: do not install pipelight-0.1.4-2.2.i586
      Solution 2: break wine-pipelight-1.7.3-1.1.i586 by ignoring some of its dependencies

      Im a noobie to linux, can you help me figure out what i need to do?
      Thank you,

      -pwrntspd
    1. Knurpht's Avatar
      Knurpht - 01-Oct-2013, 03:11
      Quote Originally Posted by pwrntspd View Post
      Knurpht,

      Can you help me with this? Ive tried using your instructional but after
      "zypper install pipelight"
      I get a problem as follows:
      Problem: nothing provides wine-gecko >= 2.24 needed by wine-pipelight-1.7.3-1.1.i586
       Solution 1: do not install pipelight-0.1.4-2.2.i586
      Solution 2: break wine-pipelight-1.7.3-1.1.i586 by ignoring some of its dependencies

      Im a noobie to linux, can you help me figure out what i need to do?
      Thank you,

      -pwrntspd
      Found out just now when updating. Here's how I got it working:
      Code:
      zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_12.3/ Wine-1.7
zypper ref
zypper in pipelight
      Trust the key "always" when prompted for. The Wine-1.7 repo contains the wine-gecko package >= 2.24
      Zypper will report an issue, allow it to get the wine-gecko package from the Wine-1.7 repo.
    1. pwrntspd's Avatar
      pwrntspd - 01-Oct-2013, 19:34
      Quote Originally Posted by Knurpht View Post
      Found out just now when updating. Here's how I got it working:
      Code:
      zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_12.3/ Wine-1.7
zypper ref
zypper in pipelight
      Trust the key "always" when prompted for. The Wine-1.7 repo contains the wine-gecko package >= 2.24
      Zypper will report an issue, allow it to get the wine-gecko package from the Wine-1.7 repo.
      Just tried it, works perfect now, thanks!
    1. rocherson's Avatar
      rocherson - 02-Oct-2013, 04:48
      Thanks for super article !
    1. dimesio's Avatar
      dimesio - 02-Oct-2013, 06:48
      I wanted to test this, but discovered that the package wanted to uninstall the regular Wine package in order to install wine-pipelight. IMO, it would have been preferable to have the patched version of Wine needed by the plugin installed to a separate prefix (e.g., wine-pipelight) so that it could coexist with the unpatched Wine package and be used only for the plugin without affecting any other apps run in Wine.
    1. Knurpht's Avatar
      Knurpht - 02-Oct-2013, 06:51
      Quote Originally Posted by dimesio View Post
      I wanted to test this, but discovered that the package wanted to uninstall the regular Wine package in order to install wine-pipelight. IMO, it would have been preferable to have the patched version of Wine needed by the plugin installed to a separate prefix (e.g., wine-pipelight) so that it could coexist with the unpatched Wine package and be used only for the plugin without affecting any other apps run in Wine.
      I think you've got a point here. I'll contact the packager.
    1. Knurpht's Avatar
      Knurpht - 06-Oct-2013, 03:25
      Packages in the home:rbos:pipelight repo now install a patched wine version that coexists with the stock, unpatched wine. This means you can install wine alongside wine-pipelight. Tested on 12.2, 12.3 and Tumbleweed.
    1. wakou's Avatar
      wakou - 07-Oct-2013, 14:08
      Thanks for this Knurpht! I had previously made a cumbersome wine install of firefox and added silverlight, which meant I had to launch an entirely seperate browser for Silverlight websites. I am now watching the pokerstars.tv channel in a tab from my usual FF. Great stuff Knurpht!
    1. dimesio's Avatar
      dimesio - 10-Oct-2013, 07:30
      Quote Originally Posted by Knurpht View Post
      Packages in the home:rbos:pipelight repo now install a patched wine version that coexists with the stock, unpatched wine. This means you can install wine alongside wine-pipelight. Tested on 12.2, 12.3 and Tumbleweed.
      Thanks!

      I installed it, and the balls test at bubblemark.com works fine. However, Microsoft's Silverlight DRM Test just gets as far as "Media State: Opening" and never plays.
    1. montana95's Avatar
      montana95 - 05-Nov-2013, 08:16
      Great workaround! It works for me too, flawlessly. Thank you very much!
    1. shamakina's Avatar
      shamakina - 13-Nov-2013, 05:25
      Thank you! It works first time, but... When I opened a site with the Silverlight a month later, I've got a fault I tried to install it again. Firefox didn't start the pipelight plugin. May be you will be able to help me. What did I do wrong?
    1. qwertyguy's Avatar
      qwertyguy - 14-Nov-2013, 07:15
      It's not working for me. Here's what happened.

      First attempt

      OpenSuse 12.3, kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

      1. Added the Pipelight repository Index of /repositories/home:/rbos:/pipelight/openSUSE_12.3.

      2. Installed using Yast as described above. No errors.

      3. Launched Firefox (v. 25.0). WINE kicked in and seemed to install and enable the Silverlight plug-in. When asked if I wanted to do automatic updates for Silverlight I said "no".

      4. Verified in Firefox that the Silverlight plug-in was enabled. Also verified that WINE was running in Windows 7 emulation mode.

      4. Went to Netflix site and logged in. When I tried to launch a movie I was redirected to a page that said this:

      "
      Watch Movies & TV Episodes Instantly


      Instant Watching System Compatibility

      Complete System Requirements

      To watch instantly, you''ll need a computer that meets the following minimum requirements:

      • Windows
        • Windows Vista or Windows 7
        • Internet Explorer 8 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
        • 1.2 GHz processor
        • 512 MB RAM

      • Mac
        • An Intel-based Mac with OS 10.4.11 or later
        • Safari 4 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
        • 1 GB RAM

      • Chrome OS
        • A Google Chromebook or Chromebox running Chrome OS 20 or higher



      I thought that since my version of WINE came from the WINE CVS Builds repo at URL: Index of /repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_12.3 there could be a version issue, I de-installed WINE and Pipelight and re-nstalled them using the standard OpenSuse repo.

      When I tried to launch a Netflix movie the same thing happened. I don't see what could be wrong. Have I missed something obvious?
    1. MadmanRB's Avatar
      MadmanRB - 19-Nov-2013, 23:58
      Quote Originally Posted by qwertyguy View Post
      It's not working for me. Here's what happened.

      First attempt

      OpenSuse 12.3, kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

      1. Added the Pipelight repository Index of /repositories/home:/rbos:/pipelight/openSUSE_12.3.

      2. Installed using Yast as described above. No errors.

      3. Launched Firefox (v. 25.0). WINE kicked in and seemed to install and enable the Silverlight plug-in. When asked if I wanted to do automatic updates for Silverlight I said "no".

      4. Verified in Firefox that the Silverlight plug-in was enabled. Also verified that WINE was running in Windows 7 emulation mode.

      4. Went to Netflix site and logged in. When I tried to launch a movie I was redirected to a page that said this:

      "
      Watch Movies & TV Episodes Instantly


      Instant Watching System Compatibility

      Complete System Requirements

      To watch instantly, you''ll need a computer that meets the following minimum requirements:

      • Windows
        • Windows Vista or Windows 7
        • Internet Explorer 8 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
        • 1.2 GHz processor
        • 512 MB RAM

      • Mac
        • An Intel-based Mac with OS 10.4.11 or later
        • Safari 4 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
        • 1 GB RAM

      • Chrome OS
        • A Google Chromebook or Chromebox running Chrome OS 20 or higher



      I thought that since my version of WINE came from the WINE CVS Builds repo at URL: Index of /repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_12.3 there could be a version issue, I de-installed WINE and Pipelight and re-nstalled them using the standard OpenSuse repo.

      When I tried to launch a Netflix movie the same thing happened. I don't see what could be wrong. Have I missed something obvious?
      I was able to solve this issue with using chrome and a user agent manager.
      Sadly I cannot seem to get it up and running via firefox
    1. akaper's Avatar
      akaper - 25-Nov-2013, 12:15
      Quote Originally Posted by MadmanRB View Post
      I was able to solve this issue with using chrome and a user agent manager.
      Sadly I cannot seem to get it up and running via firefox
      Here is the link for the firefox user agent I use to be able to play Netflix:
      https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ent-overrider/

      Source:
      https://answers.launchpad.net/pipelight/+faq/2351
      (also links for chrome and crhomium)
    1. qwertyguy's Avatar
      qwertyguy - 01-Dec-2013, 09:23
      I finally got Netflix to work. I upgraded to OpenSuse 13.1 (from 12.3, not a fresh install). De-installed Pipelight and then re-installed it.

      Works like a charm. Ignore my previous posts. Many thanks to the packager.
    1. MoeNeigh's Avatar
      MoeNeigh - 08-Dec-2013, 14:14
      I am currently using opensuse 13.1, and wine 1.7.2

      After reading through this thread, I'm still not sure which would be the best way to load the pipelight repository. Also does a pipelight repository even exist for 13.1?
      If so, I'm assuming I would use one of the following two commands:

      Code:
      zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rbos:/pipelight/openSUSE_13.1/
      -or-
      Code:
      Zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_13.1/ Wine-1.7
      -or neither?-

      Which would be best so as not to disturb the few programs I'm running under regular wine 1.7.2?

      Once the repository is loaded and trusted, then I assume I would follow one of the above by these two commands:

      Code:
      zypper ref
zypper in pipelight
      Also when I run the regular opensuse linux Firefox, and the Silverlight plugin is detected, I understand I would probably need to answer “no” to updates to Silverlight as this is a Windows plugin managed by pipelight/wine?

      And I would probably need a user agent switcher in Firefox to simulate a Windows OS?

      Have I summarized the steps I would need to go through? Thanks for any help or suggestions.

      AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+, 4Gb RAM, GeForce 6100 nForce 430
    1. Knurpht's Avatar
      Knurpht - 08-Dec-2013, 14:31
      Use software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 13.1 and search for pipelight. You'll see it's available for openSUSE 13.1
      BTW: you can browse the repos by going to Index of /
    1. MoeNeigh's Avatar
      MoeNeigh - 08-Dec-2013, 15:29
      Quote Originally Posted by Knurpht View Post
      Use software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 13.1 and search for pipelight. You'll see it's available for openSUSE 13.1
      BTW: you can browse the repos by going to Index of /
      Thanks for that information, Knurpht. I found pipelight as you mentioned for 13.1, but it seems I still get two main choices, pipelight or wine-pipelight. Which would be best if I want to continue using a little bit of the regular wine with some programs in order to avoid conflict with the special version of wine that comes with pipelight? Does it matter which one?
    1. wakou's Avatar
      wakou - 10-Dec-2013, 09:42
      Just to inform googlers, the repo is available for 13.1, although not shown on the How-To
      Index of /repositories/home:/rbos:/pipelight/openSUSE_13.1

      Also, it seems that The UK government's Parliament TV stream uses MS Silverlight:

      Parliament Live TV » home

      And if you haven't got it, "alternatives" are offered.................

      MS Media Player
      Or Flash


      When will they learn about open source?

      When I first went to the site, (before updating pipelight to 13.1 using Knurpht's guide), I was directed to a page with advice for openSuse 11.4!

      I emailed them and asked them to make it a bit easier for us wierdoes, and to be fair they replied promptly, I replied and included a link to Knurpht's instructions.
      I will try to find again the 11.4 link advice and ask them to update it a bit! Still it is refreshing that a government dept at least recognises the existence of computers outside of Planet Microsoft and responds promptly to emails..

      Parliamentary Recording Unit | Westminster House | 7 Millbank | London | SW1P 3JA | Tel: 020 7219 5511 | www.parliamentlive.tv

      pru@parliament.uk



      (ps and OT, I hear that one of the UK govt sites, meant for use by the unemployed, will only work with IE 6 and Windows XP!)
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