flash player

**dkarlmt** · 02-11-2007

hi, I am trying to view videos on myspace and a few other sites and it is saying that I don't have the latest version of flash player (macromedia)

I thought I downloaded the correct plugin from gemreport but it doesn't look like i did.

does anybody know how to get the right plugin for macromedia flash player for firefox 2.0?

**darkrose0510** · 02-12-2007

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

**pavlo_7** · 02-12-2007

As darkrose0510 suggested, you can get installation file from http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/downl...ShockwaveFlash

Dowload .tar.gz file to your Desktop, close your browser, then (in terminal) type:

Code:

cd 
su
#Password: <enter root password>
cd Desktop
tar xfz install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
cd install_flash_player_9_linux
whereis firefox 
#make sure there is /usr/lib/firefox, and later, when asked enter the path "/usr/lib/firefox" 
sh flashplayer-installer

**bryansmith** · 02-12-2007

You can alternatively download it from here: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get...lease.i386.rpm

You can install this much easier:

Code:

su
<enter root password>
rpm -ihv flash-plugin-9.0.31.0-release.i386.rpm

Make sure you remove 7 with Yast.

**dkarlmt** · 02-12-2007

Ok, I followed both of those steps that were provided, it worked once, then I tried it again and I get the same error message on the page that I am viewing:

Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Click here to get the latest flash player.

I am not sure if I know how to delete the old version of Flash (I think i did it, but am not sure)

When I tried to reinstall to make sure that it was there it did say that it was already installed, so I know I have the current flash player downloaded.

**dkarlmt** · 02-13-2007

Ok, I just went back into Yast to double check what I did.

I did delete the old version of Flash Player, and I do see the new version in there (it has a gold padlock on it)

I hovered the mouse over it and it said a few specs on the file and that it "Is not Available for Installation"

Does anybody know what I need to do to make it available for install?

**lsam** · 02-13-2007

Perhaps the following link would help:

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html#Flash

Good luck.

-Charles

**pavlo_7** · 02-13-2007

try this as normal user (not root):

Code:

tar xfz install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
cd install_flash_player_9_linux
cp {flashplayer.xpt,libflashplayer.so} ~/.mozilla/plugins/

and restart firefox.

Edit: to see which plugins you have installed, type this in browser:

Code:

about:plugins

**dkarlmt** · 02-14-2007

This is what is listed in firefox under shockwave flash:

Shockwave Flash

File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes

**dkarlmt** · 02-14-2007

Ok, I actually just reviewed what was in my home folder and I didn't have the flash plugin copied into the browser plugins folder, after doing that I typed about

lugins in firefox and it says that I have flash 9 and 7 installed and active.

I thought I disabled 7...should I be doing that in Yast or trying to find the 7 plugin and deleting that?

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