Help installing Flash

carlosinfl · 06-13-2004, 11:41 AM

I downloaded the flash program to /home/carlwill/Downloads

Here is my code, can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz < --------------- This is the file I downloaded, I can't seem to extract it from gunzip to run the "sh" command.

Here is what I am doing,

I open a konsole window:

Code:

su
password
cd /home/carlwill/Downloads
ls <------------------I can see the file called install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz
tar -zxf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz
[root@localhost Downloads]# tar -zxf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

david_ross · 06-13-2004, 11:56 AM

Perhaps the download failed or did not transfer correctly. Is there an md5sum you can verify it against? Perhaps you could try downloading it again.

carlosinfl · 06-13-2004, 12:27 PM

I am assuming by that last post that you suggested I did everything correct then?

I will redownload the flash file to the same location and try again.

carlosinfl · 06-13-2004, 12:32 PM

I re-downloaded this file install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz from the macromedia website to the same location and still get the same error?

I don't know why? Flash can not be this hard to install, can it?

carlosinfl · 06-13-2004, 12:34 PM

I tried to move this to a different location rather than the Downloads folder and still get
[code[][root@localhost carlos]# tar -zxf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors[/code]

david_ross · 06-13-2004, 12:40 PM

You seem to be doing everything fine (unless it is so blindingly obvious that I can't see it either). I can only assume that there is a problem with the download.

Try deleting the downloads that you have, then downloading with:
wget --cache=off -c install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

lupin_the_3rd · 06-13-2004, 12:45 PM

why not just download th flash 7 rpm?

http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/site_ucsc.html

swobodin · 06-14-2004, 05:51 AM

Personnally, I'd prefer to install the xpi flash player without problems: download flash.xpi from Netscape FTP, then open it with Mozilla, restart your browser.

koolmansam375 · 06-14-2004, 10:45 PM

if youre running a GUI you could right click on the flash.tar.gz folder, extract the files, then do the steps from there

Bruce Hill · 06-16-2004, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by swobodin
Personnally, I'd prefer to install the xpi flash player without problems: download flash.xpi from Netscape FTP, then open it with Mozilla, restart your browser.

You wanna post a link to that and a short HOWTO? Went to http://ftp.netscape.com/pub/ and didn't find it.

lupin_the_3rd · 06-16-2004, 05:22 PM

goggle for "flash xpi"

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search

DanCB · 06-17-2004, 10:26 AM

Hi CarlWill. This worked for me:
tar -zxvf flash [tab key]
./flashplayer-install

I am also a newb at Linux. Good Luck

newmans · 06-17-2004, 10:47 AM

if you can ever get the files extracted, the only thing you have to do is copy the flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so to the plugins directory for your browser. I use mozilla so I copied them to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. Wish I knew how to help you get the files extracted, but I'm still a newbie.

msubieta · 06-17-2004, 07:06 PM

You can go to this link and you will find the instructions and the rpm to install the flash player, and the proper plugin, with very little difficulty! I tried it and works wonders!

http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...c2.shtml#flash

fester2001 · 06-17-2004, 07:54 PM

or u could goto console and type yum install flash-plugin