No mozilla/plugins folder--how to install flashplayer 10?
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cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins or use your file manager to navigate there.
That command produced no results but this:
[user@localhost ~]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
[user@localhost plugins]$ sudo cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
sudo: cd: command not found
audit_log_user_command(): Connection refused
[user@localhost plugins]$
Using the file manager, there is no folder named "plugins" inside the folder "mozilla".
[user@localhost ~]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
[user@localhost plugins]$ sudo cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
sudo: cd: command not found
audit_log_user_command(): Connection refused
[user@localhost plugins]$
Using the file manager, there is no folder named "plugins" inside the folder "mozilla".
Yet, when you issued the above command
Code:
cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
You were then placed in the plugins directory
Quote:
[user@localhost plugins]$
What you need to do is to copy the new libflashplayer.so file to your desktop.
In your first post, you indicate you have the libflashplayer.so file in your Downloads directory so just go to the Downloads directory and copy it to the plugins directory:
cd /home/glenellynboy/Downloads/ (replace glenellynboy with whatever your actual user name is)
sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
I did not use linpus before but with RPM based distros I would use the rpm file from adobe site and there would be no need for any further configuration
In your first post, you indicate you have the libflashplayer.so file in your Downloads directory so just go to the Downloads directory and copy it to the plugins directory:
cd /home/glenellynboy/Downloads/ (replace glenellynboy with whatever your actual user name is)
sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
My terminal prompt has "plugins" appended to it. I understand this means the terminal is currently restricted to the plugins directory. Do I have to change that to do the recommended commands?
basically with linpus light you do not install anything
you are stuck with what is there
software from 4 years ago
Yes, and since many of the most important operations with the internet do not support software earlier than the most recent release, my computer is mortally wounded, unless I can make my way through these instructions from very kind members of linuxquestions.
my computer is mortally wounded, unless I can make my way through these instructions from very kind members of linuxquestions.
ubuntu has a "netbook" low resource version ( i think mint dose also)
reformat and install a much better distro .
linpus is VERY limited
bases on a unsupported version of fedora ( fedora 8)
fedora8 was at it's "end of life" when linpus was released
and has not had any support in YEARS .
with linpus you are NOT suppose to be able to install software
the thinking was that like a "tv" why would anyone even want to install software
linpus was thought of as an appliance like a tv ,toaster , dishwasher,...
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