Flash player in 64-bit Linux

**zxxgp** · 10-08-2005

I just installed a 64-bit version of Linux yesterday. I went to install flash and it gave me this:

ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the
Macromedia Flash Player installer.
I know what it means but what i want to know is if there is a way to make it work other then getting a 32-bit version of Linux.

**Vergil83** · 10-08-2005

I could be wrong about this but, I think Macromedia has not made a 64 bit version yet.

<philosophical statement>
It shows why we should trust our computers to unfree, closed source companies, no matter the free cost of it. </>

**techieMoe** · 10-08-2005

Originally Posted by Vergil83

I could be wrong about this but, I think Macromedia has not made a 64 bit version yet.

You are correct. The only way to get Flash on a 64-bit distribution right now is to install the 32-bit version of Firefox (or whatever browser you use) and install Flash on that.

**zxxgp** · 10-08-2005

Is there any way to rig the OSX version to work on Linux? The OSX version seems to work fine on the 64-bit G5s.

**techieMoe** · 10-09-2005

Originally Posted by zxxgp

Is there any way to rig the OSX version to work on Linux? The OSX version seems to work fine on the 64-bit G5s.

No. The Mac G5 uses an IBM Power5 processor (PPC), which is a completely different architecture than AMD64 or Intel EM64T. Software written for one specific architecture will not carry over to a different architecture. The main problem is the way the X86 and the PPC read binary bits. The X86 processor (including x86_64) read binary numbers starting from the left (little endian), whereas Power5 (PPC) processor read them from the right (big endian). That's probably more information than you wanted.

**zxxgp** · 10-09-2005

No that is fine. I would like all the info. i can get. I just wanted to know because there are ways of running Linux apps on OSX.

**techieMoe** · 10-10-2005

Originally Posted by zxxgp

No that is fine. I would like all the info. i can get. I just wanted to know because there are ways of running Linux apps on OSX.

True, but they're usually source ports (meaning they've taken the source code for a Linux application and recompiled it so it would run on a Mac). This sort of this is possible one-way (Linux -> OS X), but not backwards. If a program is developed to make use of any of the proprietary features of OS X, then the code would not be portable from OS X -> Linux.

**jens** · 10-10-2005

Originally Posted by techieMoe

Originally Posted by Vergil83

I could be wrong about this but, I think Macromedia has not made a 64 bit version yet.

You are correct. The only way to get Flash on a 64-bit distribution right now is to install the 32-bit version of Firefox (or whatever browser you use) and install Flash on that.

Their also exist prebuild firefox installers for AMD64 with flash already enabled(and working)...

PS: But this mainly does the same as installing a 32 bit version, only with a 64 bit installer...

**zxxgp** · 10-11-2005

Their also exist prebuild firefox installers for AMD64 with flash already enabled(and working)...

PS: But this mainly does the same as installing a 32 bit version, only with a 64 bit installer...

I will have to take a look at that.

**jens** · 10-11-2005

Originally Posted by zxxgp

Their also exist prebuild firefox installers for AMD64 with flash already enabled(and working)...

PS: But this mainly does the same as installing a 32 bit version, only with a 64 bit installer...

I will have to take a look at that.

Strange... I can't find it's link anymore

(I think it's still available via Gentoo, but I'm not sure about that)
But anyway, it was just an installer for 64 bit that would actually install a 32 bit version.
So you're probably better of with what techieMoe said(since you'll probably will need a few other 32 bit apps as well).

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