I'm lost... can someone help please?

[mrputin]

Hello.

I have an Acer Aaspire One, using Linux, which I have had for a couple of years. letely, it won't play videos online, from for example, Vimeo, as it says that I need to upgrade to a modern html compliant browser or upgrade my Flash player.

I am sorry to ask, but I have no idea how to do this at all. Can someone PLEASE run me through, step by step how to do this? I visited Adobe's website and clicked on download latest version for Linux- but nothing appeared to change. I guess I have to install it once it's downloaded, but again, this is the bit that I have no idea how to do!

Help very gratefully received!
A thousand thanks in advance,

Michael

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
Which distro are you using?

[rokytnji]

If using Linpus Lite 1.0.3

Download from Adobe
Step 1: Linux
Step 2: .tar.gz

Download to /home/Downloads folder

Open a terminal (Alt+F2 maybe?)

extract the .so from .tar.gz

cd /home/<yourusername>/Downloads

Hit Enter key

Next type in

tar xvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

You should now have a libflashplayer.so showing next to the tar file.
Close your terminal.
Now re-open Terminal again

To copy it in terminal

cp /home/<yourusername>/Downloads/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

then move it

mv /home/<yourusername>/Downloads/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

This should overwrite your old flashplayer with the newest one. Linjpus Lite is a crippled Linux distro IMO. I have had good success running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on my Acer Aspire One Zg5.

TBoB. Can you double check my post in case I missed something with the commands. I think to open terminal in Linpus you use the Alt+F2 .

[mrputin]

Thanks for your reply. I will try what you have suggested now and pop back shortly with an update.

[rokytnji]

It just hit me that this is posted in a Ubuntu Forum

Post the output of

uname -r

and

cat /etc/issue

or

lsb_release -a

So we know what distro you are running. I am just guessing it is Linpus because you say you have had it a couple of years and flash was never updated in that time frame.

[rokytnji]

If you get a permisson denied on copy or move command.

sudo cp /home/<yourusername>/Downloads/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Type in pass word then hit enter

same for

sudo mv /home/<yourusername>/Downloads/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

The su -c command should work also instead of sudo

su -c cp /home/<yourusername>/Downloads/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

same with typing in password then enter

su -c mv /home/<yourusername>/Downloads/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

[mrputin]

Ok, I tried to do what you originally suggested.
I downloaded Adobe, as you told me to.
I opened a terminal successfully.
But then I got stuck, as I didn't know how to extract the .so from .tar.gz
I know this will sound pretty silly, but I don't even know my username- as whenever I switch the netbook on, it just logs me in and away I go, surfing the net or whatever. I'm sorry!!

Then I read the request to see what distro I am running. Do I type these things into a terminal?

I'm sorry to be so slow! I do wish to learn though, or else I can't watch any videos I posted on Vimeo from my PC on this wee netbook!

Thanks!
Michael

[mrputin]

I have now worked out how to find out what I am running.
It says it's Linpus Linux Lite v1.0.9.E

Does that help?

M

[rokytnji]

I have now worked out how to find out what I am running.
It says it's Linpus Linux Lite v1.0.9.E

Does that help?

M

Make sure browser is closed before trying to replace plugin also.

Yeah. At least we know it is not Ubuntu. Linpus I am not real familiar with. Is their a run command in the menu and when it opens (if you have it) show a tick box that says run as root.

type in nautilus and tick on the checkbox that says run as root.

type in password in next window

manuver to /home/Downloads . Hopefully you can right click and pick extract here. Extract the libflashplayer.so

Open a new tab in nautilus. Manuver to /user/lib/mozilla/plugins
right click on old libflashplayer.so and rename it oldlibflashplayer.sobackup or just delete it,
Go to other tab where /home/Downloads is. Right Click>Cut
Paste it into the other tab where /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins sits.


This is assuming Linpus comes with Gexec for run. You can also open your file manager. Look in Downloads folder. On top of file manager. You will see something like /home/whatever the heck is there/Downloads. Get the idea?

[rokytnji]

Found a downloadable Linpus Manual in pdf format

PDF Download Link

Maybe it will help. Maybe not. All I could find.

Seems like Linpus had different file managers in different releases. You might have Thunar File Manager instead of Nautilus also.