How to set up MPlayer plugins on Firefox and use the CUPS drivers in Gutenprint on OpenSolaris build 111

1   How to set up MPlayer plugins

1.1 OpenSolaris doesn't have SUNWfirefox-devel, which is required when building mplayerplug-in-daily.tar.gz, so we might need to install firefox-3.1b3.en-US.open solaris-i386-pkg.bz2, which includes SUNWfirefox, SUNWfirefox-devel, and SUNWfirefox-bookmark. We can get the package from the URL given below.
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/contrib/3.1b3-candidates/build1/

1.2 You might need to uninstall firefox, reinstall the relative packages, and reboot to install firefox-3.1b3.en-US.opensolaris-i386-pkg.bz2. The command lines are given below.

# pkg uninstall SUNWgnome-help-viewer
# pkg uninstall SUNWcodeina
# pkg uninstall SUNWipkg-gui
# pkg uninstall SUNgnome-python-extras
# pkg uninstall SUNWfirefox
# pkg install SUNWgnome-help-viewer
# pkg install SUNWcodeina
# pkg install SUNWipkg-gui
# pkg install SUNgnome-python-extras
# reboot

1.3 You can install firefox-3.1b3.en-US.opensolaris-i386-pkg.bz2. The command lines are given below.

# bunzip2 -d firefox-3.1b3.en-US.opensolaris-i386-pkg.bz2
# pkgadd -d firefox-3.1b3.en-US.opensolaris-i386-pkg

1.4 Then I referred to the useful website given below and could install MPlayer. I express my heartful thanks to homeunix.com and the command lines are given below.
http://solaris.homeunix.com/?q=node/24

# pkg set-authority -O http://ips.homeunix.com:10906 homeunix.com
# pkg refresh --full
# pkg install MBLmplayer

1.5 Next you might need to install mplayerplug-in-daily.tar.gz. We can get the package from the URL given below and the command lines are given below.
http://mplayerplug-layerplug-in.sourceforge.net/download.php

$ gzcat mplayerplug-in-daily.tar.gz | tar xvf -
# pkg install SUNWgnome-common-devel
# ./configure
# make -i install clean

1.6 Now we can play wmv files using MPlayer plugins on Firefox and confirm we added mplayerplug-in to mozilla plugins.

2   How to use the CUPS drivers in Gutenprint

2.1 Second we confirm CUPS and the relative packages were installed or install them using a package manager if they weren't installed.

2.2 We might need to install gutenprint-5.2.6.tar.bz2 and can get the package from the URL given below. The command lines are also given below.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/files/

# bzip2 -dc gutenprint-5.2.6.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
# cd gutenprint-5.2.6
# ./configure --enable-cups-ppds
# make install clean
# reboot

2.3 Then we might need to enable CUPS and the command lines are given below.

# print-service -s cups

2.4 Now we can use the CUPS drivers in Gutenprint, for example Epson PM-T960 compatible with Epson Stylus photo RX595, RX680 from the URL http://localhost:631/.

Finally I am happy to assist you to set up MPlayer plugins and use the CUPS drivers in Gutenprint on OpenSolaris build 111.