Installing adobe flash player on Scientific Linux

[mazdak1363]

Hi, Could someone please tell me how to install Adobe flash player ? I tried downloading from the website , wasn't sure which type of file to install so I just installed a .rpm file??? I have the file on my desktop now but no idea what to do with it!
I also tried typing : sudo apt-get install flashplugin non-free
but I got an answer that the command does not exist!

Thank you!!

[devils casper]

Scientific Linux is RedHat based and .rpm package is correct for RH based distros.
Execute this in Terminal

cd Desktop
su -c rpm -i <.rpm_package_name>

Post error message here, if any.

I would suggest you to use Package Manager 'yum' instead of manual installation.

su -c yum -y install flash-plugin

[reed9]

sudo apt-get install flashplugin non-free

apt-get is specifically a tool for debian based systems.

yum is the equivalent of apt-get for RHEL/Fedora based systems.
PackageManagement/Yum - CentOS Wiki
Managing Software with yum

And rpm is the RHEL equivalent of Debian's dpkg tool.
Chapter*10.*Package Management with RPM

Guide for installing flash in RHEL/CentOS/Scientific Linux:
Open The Linux!: How to install flash player on centos/redhat linux !

[mazdak1363]

Thank you for the useful info!!!
I just checked youtube again and I seem to have adobeflashplayer now by just having just downloaded the .rpm file, since anything else I did in the terminal was giving me errors before!
Is that possible? Just interested to know what happened really!

Thanks!

[reed9]

Is that possible? Just interested to know what happened really!

Nope. I can only assume that you did successfully install flash at some point and didn't notice.

Do

rpm -qa --last > rpm.log

This will create a log, sorted by date I believe, of installed packages. Open the file rpm.log up in a text editor or whatnot to see the output.

[mazdak1363]

Interesting! Thank you!

[mazdak1363]

hi, my computer had to be changed and I tried to install flashpplayer again but this time I couldn't do it and I don't really know how i managed to do it the first time.
After installing the .rpm file, I used the command:

cd Desktop
su -c rpm -i <.rpm_package_name>

well to being with I was not sure what the package and the name are since the .rpm file is called:
flash-plugin-10.0.42.34-release.i386(2).rpm so I tried :
su -c flash-plugin-10.0.42.34-release.i386(2).rpm and that was wrong. I also tried
rpm -Uvh flash-plugin-10.0.42.34-release.i386(2).rpm
and that didnt work either.
Any help would be appreciated again. Thank you!

[reed9]

Check out the links in my first response above.

[mazdak1363]

aaah!! I Stupid me!! sorry for missing the links out! I managed to do it now . the rpm link is very clear. Thanks alot!

So in case someone else has the same prob and like me is new to linux all u need to do is install the .rpm file online. Then log in as root and type the following command at a shell prompt:

rpm -Uvh foo-1.0-1.i386.rpm
where 'oo-1.0-1.i386.rpm' is the name of the .rpm file that u have just installed online. This link which was suggestedpretty much explains everything if u are using a .rpm file!