Re: Flash plugin

On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 16:10 -0400, dlwiggers wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 11:21 -0400, dlwiggers wrote:
> >> Times like this humble me. <sigh>
> >>
> >> Can someone refresh my memory on plugin installation.
> >>
> >> I have been trying to install flash 10.0.32.18 in firefox 1.9.0.14 for 
> >> an hour now.
> >>
> >> I started with the rpm and have it installed, but what next?
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> Lee
> > Lee, I've always just installed from the source file and copied the .so
> > over to the plugins folder. I have have the libflashplayer.so file
> > located /home/chris/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> That's where I started this morning, Chris.
> 
> I finally wound up in /usr/lib64/firefox-3.0.14 where I had to add the 
> directory /plugins and add the libflashplayer.so that I found on an 
> obscure site in libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
> 
> None of this was documented anywhere that I could find, although I did 
> trip on enough hints to keep me looking.
> 
> I think I'm in my 8th or 9th Linux year, and still a newbie.
> 
> I would be curious if someone has an easier way to do this.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Lee

Lee, you can try checking here:

http://forums.adobe.com/community/webplayers/flash_player

You've probably already checked here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/productinfo/instructions/

Chris

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