How to install Microsoft Silverlight on Firefox on 12.04?

Solution 1:

First,

CLOSE FIREFOX before running these commands !!! open a terminal and type the following commands one by one.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends pipelight-multi
sudo pipelight-plugin --update
pipelight-plugin --enable silverlight
sudo pipelight-plugin --create-mozilla-plugins

This will install silverlight in firefox and not in google chrome or chromium as chrome no longer uses those types of plugins.

Finally, some apps may check if you are using windows and all you need to do is use a useragent switcher to circumvent this issue. Look for useragent in firefox addons.

more info:

http://www.webupd8.org/2013/08/pipelight-use-silverlight-in-your-linux.html

and homepage:

http://pipelight.net/cms/about.html

From what I gather, pipelight runs silverlight using wine in the background somehow but this not only works, it works better than silverlight does in Windows and installs as a plugin to your linux browser (not a wine workaround). Tested on netflix and the timewarner cable tv app.