Adobe Flash

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To install Adobe Flash®:

1. connect to the internet

2. open the Terminal activity;

3. start a "root" process by typing:

su

4. install flashplayer by typing:

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

or, for the most recent version:

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. start a "root" process by typing:

su

3. remove flashplayer by typing:

yum remove flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release

or

yum remove flash-plugin-9.0.115.0-release

depending on the version you installed.


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.