Install Silverlight for Mageia 4 Linux
You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the Silverlight Firefox and Opera Web Browser Support by the Pipelight Package for Mageia 4 i586/x8664 GNOME/KDE Linux.
Pipelight 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.

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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands) -
Enable the Pipelight Urpmi Repo for Mageia Linux
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Installing Pipelight and Silverlight for Mageia 4 Linux.
su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
urpmi.update -a
urpmi pipelight
pipelight-plugin --update
pipelight-plugin --enable silverlight
exit
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Disabling SELinux for Firefox Plugin Access.
sudo setsebool -P unconfined_mozilla_plugin_transition 0
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