Flash Player

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Download Source: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
Download Patch: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/patches/flashplayer/flashplayer-9.0.31.0-allowx86_64-1.patch
Download Patch:

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

A 32-bit version of Firefox, Mozilla, or Seamonkey is required.

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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.

Non-Multilib x86

Install the plugin:

./flashplayer-installer

32-bit Non-Multilib or Multilib x86_64

Patch the installer:

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

Install the plugin:

./flashplayer-installer

Contents

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

Short Descriptions

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