Difference between revisions of "Install the flash player"

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* Download the FlAsh PLayer from http://www.adobe.com
 
* Download the FlAsh PLayer from http://www.adobe.com
 
* [[unpack]] the file
 
* [[unpack]] the file
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[[cd]]
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[[tar]] xvzf Downloads/install_flash_player_11_linux_i386.tar.gz
 
* copy libflashplayer.so to .mozilla/plugins
 
* copy libflashplayer.so to .mozilla/plugins
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[[cp]] libflashplayer.so .mozilla/plugins/
 
* restart your browser
 
* restart your browser
 
* check your installation with http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
 
* check your installation with http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

Revision as of 09:30, 18 October 2012

If you do not want to use google chrome, but view flash videos nevertheless, here is a way to install the Flash Player Plugin on Linux:

mkdir .mozilla/plugins
uname -a
cd
tar xvzf Downloads/install_flash_player_11_linux_i386.tar.gz 
  • copy libflashplayer.so to .mozilla/plugins
cp libflashplayer.so .mozilla/plugins/

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