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How do I install Silverlight plugin in Ubuntu? And how to configure browser with Silverlight plugin?

shrestha_aj
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Madhav Nikam
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You cannot install Silverlight in Ubuntu since it is a proprietary Microsoft plugin that does not work with Linux. If you need silverlight functionality you can try your luck with Pipelight which is an open source implementation of this.

You can install pipelight directly from their ppa: 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends pipelight-multi
sudo pipelight-plugin --update
levlaz
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Here's how you can install it.

Open a terminal window. Type in the following commands then hit Enter after each:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pipelight
sudo pipelight-plugin --update
sudo pipelight-plugin --enable silverlight
muru
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SDW_1980
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silverlight is not available for Ubuntu.

but you can use the free implementation of it:

pipelight or moonlight

sudo apt-get install moonlight-plugin-core moonlight-plugin-mozilla

or

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pipelight

edit: just discovered that moonlight seems no more under active development [http://www.mono-project.com/docs/web/moonlight/]

green frog
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  • E: Unable to locate package moonlight-plugin-core E: Unable to locate package moonlight-plugin-mozilla – Madhav Nikam Jul 11 '15 at 19:49
  • I just discovered that moonlight is no more supported [http://www.mono-project.com/docs/web/moonlight/]. Then better to use pipelight :D – green frog Jul 11 '15 at 20:02
  • sudo apt-get install pipelight and sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable its working on my pc... – Madhav Nikam Jul 11 '15 at 20:12
  • Worth noting that while moonlight is no longer supported, silverlight itself is no longer supported! – Laice Jan 10 '16 at 16:42
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From mono-project.com:

Moonlight isn’t actively developed anymore. If you’re feeling adventurous you can probably get it working by compiling from source, but we recommend you move away from Moonlight as soon as possible.

Chris Chaney
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  • you should at least provide the link to the page where this information was taken from. I've edited your answer and added the link to mono-project.com – Dimitri Podborski Jan 10 '16 at 16:52