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This page describes third-party software that does not meet the OLPC standards for software freedom. The use of such software is unsupported; OLPC does not endorse or encourage its use.

Instructions for installing software for dealing with web-based multimedia such as Flash and Java applets using proprietary players:

Adobe Flash

As root:

• rpm -i http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.31.0-release.i386.rpm

Sun Java

Note that Sun is in the process of relicensing their Java implementation to free software, but it is not yet available in that form. Its size (the SDK "on disk" sizeis 75 megabytes and its memory consumption is large) makes it difficult to swallow. We are investigating other Java implementations as they mature.

• Go to http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp, download "Linux RPM (self-extracting file)".
• Copy the file to an XO
• Run chmod a+x jre-1_5_0_11-linux-i586-rpm.bin
• As root:
  • ./jre-1_5_0_11-linux-i586-rpm.bin
  • cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
  • ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_11/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .

You can check which browser plugins you have installed by visiting "about:plugins".