How to Install Silverlight on Lubuntu 16.04 Xenial Easy Guide

October 4, 2016 | By Duchateaux.

Silverlight Lubuntu 16.04 Installation Guide

You are Welcome, this Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Silverlight Firefox and Opera Web Browser Support by the Pipelight Package for Lubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.

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.

Install Silverlight for Lubuntu 16.04 Xenial Linux - Featured
  1. 1. Launching Terminal

    First, Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
    Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    How to Install Silverlight on Lubuntu 16.04 - Open Terminal

    In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.


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