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'''2.''' Open the "[[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 by using the right arrow icon at the bottom of your screen ([[Image:Frame-scroll-right.gif|25px]]) to find the [[Image:Activity-terminal.svg|35px]] icon. |
'''2.''' Open the "[[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 by using the right arrow icon at the bottom of your screen ([[Image:Frame-scroll-right.gif|25px]]) to find the [[Image:Activity-terminal.svg|35px]] icon. |
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'''3.''' |
'''3.''' At the command prompt, login as root by typing |
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wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz |
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If you see an error message such as: |
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ERROR 404: not found |
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chances are you are either not connected to the Internet or you made a typo. |
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'''4.''' Unpack the zip file: |
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tar xvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz |
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'''5.''' Make the plugin directory for the browser |
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mkdir -p /home/olpc/.mozilla/plugins/ |
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'''6.''' 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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'''7.''' At the command prompt, login as root by typing |
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su - |
su - |
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'''4.''' Then type this to install the latest working version (version 48) of Adobe Flash. Some sites suggest using the latest version #115, but 115 does not work with Opera on the XO. To install version 48 type the following: |
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rpm -i http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release.i386.rpm |
rpm -i http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release.i386.rpm |
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'''2.''' remove flashplayer by typing: |
'''2.''' remove flashplayer by typing: |
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su - |
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yum remove flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release |
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or |
or |
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su - |
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yum remove flash-plugin-9.0.115.0-release |
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depending on the version you installed. |
depending on the version you installed. |
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using Terminal: |
using Terminal: |
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su |
su - |
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cd /usr/share/activities/Web.activity |
cd /usr/share/activities/Web.activity |
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mkdir bak |
mkdir bak |
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undo using Terminal: |
undo using Terminal: |
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su |
su - |
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cd /usr/share/activities/Web.activity/bak |
cd /usr/share/activities/Web.activity/bak |
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cp agent-stylesheet.css .. |
cp agent-stylesheet.css .. |
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Revision as of 00:04, 29 December 2007
This page is monitored by the OLPC team.
For the general public
To install Adobe Flash
1. Make sure you are connected to the Internet
2. Open the "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 by using the right arrow icon at the bottom of your screen (
) to find the icon.
3. At the command prompt, login as root by typing
su -
4. Then type this to install the latest working version (version 48) of Adobe Flash. Some sites suggest using the latest version #115, but 115 does not work with Opera on the XO. To install version 48 type the following:
rpm -i http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release.i386.rpm
To uninstall:
1. open the Terminal activity;
2. remove flashplayer by typing:
su - yum remove flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release
or
su - yum remove flash-plugin-9.0.115.0-release
depending on the version you installed.
Advanced options
To avoid the Click to play prompt when playing flash in the browser remove the two files:
/usr/share/activities/Web.activity/agent-stylesheet.css /usr/share/activities/Web.activity/clickToView.xml
using Terminal:
su - cd /usr/share/activities/Web.activity mkdir bak mv agent-stylesheet.css bak mv clickToView.xml bak
undo using Terminal:
su - cd /usr/share/activities/Web.activity/bak cp agent-stylesheet.css .. cp clickToView.xml ..
For Developers
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.