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=== Required ===
 
=== Required ===
A 32-bit version of [[Firefox]], [[Mozilla]], [[Opera]], or [[SeaMonkey]] is required.
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[[Firefox]], [[Mozilla]], [[Opera]], or [[SeaMonkey]]
  
{{Note|Adobe's Flash Player for Linux is only supported on x86 platforms.  If you have an x86_64 platform, you must apply the patch above to prevent the installer from exiting with the message ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the Adobe Flash Player installer.}}
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{{Note|Adobe's 32-bit Flash Player for Linux is only supported on x86 platforms.  If you have an x86_64 platform, you must apply the patch above to prevent the installer from exiting with the message ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the Adobe Flash Player installer.}}
  
 
== x86 Non-Multilib ==
 
== x86 Non-Multilib ==
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== x86_64 Non-Multilib (64-bit only) or Multilib ==
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{{Note|The 64-bit Flash Player plugin is an alpha release and may be extremely buggy at any given time.}}
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Unpack the Flash Player library:
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tar xf libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
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Install the Flash Player library system-wide:
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cp -v libflashplayer.so /opt/firefox-{{Firefox-Version}}/lib64/firefox-{{Firefox-Version}}/plugins
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Install the Flash Player library for the current user only:
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== Contents ==
 
== Contents ==
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|is the library that allows playback of Flash movies.
 
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[[Category:Closed Source Plugins]]

Latest revision as of 06:05, 24 September 2009

Download Source: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz (32-bit plugin for ix86 and x86_64 machines)
Download Source: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz (64-bit plugin for x86_64 machines)
Download Patch: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/patches/flashplayer/flashplayer-9.0.31.0-allowx86_64-1.patch (required to install 32-bit plugin on x86_64 machines)

Introduction to Flash Player

According to Adobe software, Flash Player is the high-performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones, and devices.

Project Homepage: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

Dependencies

Required

Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, or SeaMonkey

Caution.png

Note

Adobe's 32-bit Flash Player for Linux is only supported on x86 platforms. If you have an x86_64 platform, you must apply the patch above to prevent the installer from exiting with the message ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the Adobe Flash Player installer.

x86 Non-Multilib

Install the plugin:

./flashplayer-installer

x86_64 Non-Multilib (32-bit only) or Multilib

Patch the installer:

patch -Np1 -i ../flashplayer-9.0.31.0-allowx86_64-1.patch

Install the plugin:

./flashplayer-installer

x86_64 Non-Multilib (64-bit only) or Multilib

Caution.png

Note

The 64-bit Flash Player plugin is an alpha release and may be extremely buggy at any given time.

Unpack the Flash Player library:

tar xf libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

Install the Flash Player library system-wide:

cp -v libflashplayer.so /opt/firefox-3.5.7/lib64/firefox-3.5.7/plugins

Install the Flash Player library for the current user only:

cp -v libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins

Contents

Installed Directories: None
Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libflashplayer.so

Short Descriptions

libflashplayer.so is the library that allows playback of Flash movies.