Adobe Flash: Difference between revisions
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'''1.''' Make sure you are connected to the Internet |
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'''2.''' Open "[[Terminal]] Activity" [[Image:Activity-terminal.svg|35px]]. This is a pre-installed program found in the Activities taskbar at the bottom of your [http://laptop.org/laptop/start/homeview.shtml Home View]. You may need to scroll through the Activities taskbar (at the bottom of your screen) to find the [[Image:Activity-terminal.svg|35px]] icon. |
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Another way to bring up the Linux command prompt is by pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Neighborhood keys at the same time. The Neighborhood key is represented by a circle with 8 small dots [[Image:Mesh key f1 small.png]]. |
Another way to bring up the Linux command prompt is by pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Neighborhood keys at the same time. The Neighborhood key is represented by a circle with 8 small dots [[Image:Mesh key f1 small.png]]. |
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'''3.''' get the flashplayer zipfile from Adobe using the wget command: |
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su - |
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'''4.''' unpack the zip file: |
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or, for the most recent version: |
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tar xvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz |
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'''*''' make the plugin directory for the browser |
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su - |
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mkdir -p /home/olpc/.mozilla/plugins/ |
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rpm -i http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.115.0-release.i386.rpm |
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'''5.''' move the plugin into the browser plugins directory |
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mv install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /home/olpc/.mozilla/plugins/ |
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(Take note that there is a . in front of mozilla in the above commands.) |
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If you see an error message such as: |
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error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/... |
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you probably forgot to prepend sudo to the command line. |
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===Alternate Install Instructions (if those above don't work)=== |
===Alternate Install Instructions (if those above don't work)=== |
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Revision as of 23:10, 26 December 2007
To install Adobe Flash
1. Make sure you are connected to the Internet
2. Open "Terminal Activity" 
. This is a pre-installed program found in the Activities taskbar at the bottom of your Home View. You may need to scroll through the Activities taskbar (at the bottom of your screen) to find the icon.
Another way to bring up the Linux command prompt is by pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Neighborhood keys at the same time. The Neighborhood key is represented by a circle with 8 small dots 
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3. get the flashplayer zipfile from Adobe using the wget command:
wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
If you see an error message such as:
ERROR 404: not found
chances are you are either not connected to the Internet or you made a typo.
4. unpack the zip file:
tar xvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
* make the plugin directory for the browser
mkdir -p /home/olpc/.mozilla/plugins/
5. move the plugin into the browser plugins directory
mv install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /home/olpc/.mozilla/plugins/
(Take note that there is a . in front of mozilla in the above commands.)
Alternate Install Instructions (if those above don't work)
At the command prompt, login as root
su -
Then type this to install the latest version of Adobe Flash
rpm -i http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.115.0-release.i386.rpm
To uninstall:
1. open the Terminal activity;
2. remove flashplayer by typing:
sudo yum remove flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release
or
sudo yum remove flash-plugin-9.0.115.0-release
depending on the version you installed.
Advanced options
Older versions of flash are available here:
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp9_archive.zip
Information about how to load other restricted formats is found here.