Latest revision as of 11:11, 18 October 2012

If you want to watch videos in your browser and you do not want to use google-chrome it's time to install Flash Player:

mkdir .mozilla/plugins

uname -a

Find out your distribution
know that downloading .tar.gz files will work on every distribution and .rpm files should only be downloaded for rpm-based distributions
Download the FlAsh PLayer from http://www.adobe.com
unpack the file

cd
tar xvzf Downloads/install_flash_player_11_linux_i386.tar.gz

cp libflashplayer.so .mozilla/plugins/

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-To install the Flash Player Plugin under Ubuntu Linux
+If you want to watch [[videos]] in your browser and you do not want to use [[google-chrome]] it's time to [[install]] Flash Player:
 * [[open a console]] and enter
   mkdir .mozilla/plugins
 * [[Find out if you have a 32bit or 64bit system]]
+ uname -a
+* [[Find out your distribution]]
+* '''know''' that downloading .tar.gz files will work on every distribution and .rpm files should only be downloaded for [[rpm-based distributions]]
 * Download the FlAsh PLayer from http://www.adobe.com
-* Follow the instructions at http://www.jamesward.com/2010/09/15/install-flash-player-on-64-bit-linux/
+* [[unpack]] the file
+ [[cd]]
+ [[tar]] xvzf Downloads/install_flash_player_11_linux_i386.tar.gz
+* copy libflashplayer.so to .mozilla/plugins
+ [[cp]] libflashplayer.so .mozilla/plugins/
+* restart your browser
+* check your installation with http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
+= See also =
+* http://www.jamesward.com/2010/09/15/install-flash-player-on-64-bit-linux/

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