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If you see an error message such as:
If you see an error message such as:
error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/...
error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/...
you probably forgot to perpend sudo to the command line.
you probably forgot to prepend sudo to the command line.



===Alternate Install Instructions (if those above don't work)===
===Alternate Install Instructions (if those above don't work)===

Revision as of 13:34, 23 December 2007

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To install Adobe Flash

1. make sure you are connected to the Internet

2. open the Terminal activity : Activity-terminal.svg

3. install flashplayer by typing:

sudo rpm -i http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release.i386.rpm

or, for the most recent version:

sudo rpm -i http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.115.0-release.i386.rpm

If you see an error message such as:

error: skipping http://... - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error

chances are you are either not connected to the Internet or you made a typo.

If you see an error message such as:

error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/...

you probably forgot to prepend sudo to the command line.

Alternate Install Instructions (if those above don't work)

At the command prompt, login as root

su - root

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.