Flash plugin - where?

[Timothy Murphy]

Timothy Murphy wrote:

> When I install Flash plugin (or other Firefox plugins)
> the plugin is installed in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ .
> 
> These plugins are not listed when I enter "about:plugins" in Firefox,
> and they do not appear to be active.
> 
> However, if I link these plugin files to ~/.mozilla/plugins/
> then they are listed and are active.
> 
> Is this normally required?
> Or have I omitted some step in installing plugins?

Sorry to repeat an earlier posting,
but I never got a response to what seems to me
to be a fairly important question.

Is this problem specific to me?
Or does everyone using Firefox under F-10 have to make this link?