Difference between revisions of "Install the flash player"
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* Download the FlAsh PLayer from http://www.adobe.com | * Download the FlAsh PLayer from http://www.adobe.com | ||
* [[unpack]] the file | * [[unpack]] the file | ||
| + | [[cd]] | ||
| + | [[tar]] xvzf Downloads/install_flash_player_11_linux_i386.tar.gz | ||
* copy libflashplayer.so to .mozilla/plugins | * copy libflashplayer.so to .mozilla/plugins | ||
| + | [[cp]] libflashplayer.so .mozilla/plugins/ | ||
* restart your browser | * restart your browser | ||
* check your installation with http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ | * check your installation with http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ | ||
Revision as of 09:30, 18 October 2012
If you do not want to use google chrome, but view flash videos nevertheless, here is a way to install the Flash Player Plugin on Linux:
- open a console and enter
mkdir .mozilla/plugins
uname -a
- Find out your distribution
- Download the FlAsh PLayer from http://www.adobe.com
- 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/
