How to Install Silverlight Browser Support on Debian Wheezy 7 Easy Guide

May 21, 2014 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Install Silverlight for Debian Wheezy 7

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Silverlight Browser Support in Debian Wheezy 7 32/64-bit Linux.

And Pipelight for Debian 7 allows one to run Windows browser plugins in the context of Linux browsers.

To Achieve this Pipelight do:

  • Connects the Windows DLL with the Linux process
  • Translates between platform dependent differences on the NPAPI
  • Uses a Patched Wine version

Pipelight needs to start Wine to execute the pluginloader. This May Slow down the Start of your Browser.

Install Silverlight for Debian Wheezy 7 Linux - Featured
  1. Open a Command Line Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    Install Silverlight for Debian Wheezy 7 Linux - Open Terminal

    In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

  2. How to Add Pipelight Debian Apt Repository

    Adding Pipelight Apt Repo
  3. For Debian 64-bit Only Enable 32-bit Arch.

    su -c "dpkg --add-architecture i386"
    su -c "apt-get update"
  4. Installing Pipelight for Debian.

    su 

    If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

    apt-get install --install-recommends pipelight-multi
    pipelight-plugin --update
    pipelight-plugin --enable silverlight
    exit

    Install Silverlight for Debian Wheezy 7 Linux - accept license

  5. Restart Firefox/Opera Web Browser to Install Silverlight into Wine.

    Install Silverlight for Debian Wheezy 7 Linux - installing silverlight

  6. How to Install Opera Web Browser on Linux Debian:

    Install Opera for Debian

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