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FowlProgrammer 02-17-2007 01:16 AM

Permission
 
yeah I'm new to linux and stuff

tux@Linux:~$ install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
-bash: ./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz: Permission denied

can u guys help? plz and thank you.

Nylex 02-17-2007 01:23 AM

Things in tar.gz format are not executables, they're archives. You need to extract the script from that archive and then run it. To extract from a tar.gz file, you use "tar xzvf filename", e.g.

tar xzvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

x is for extract, z is for filtering through gzip, v is for verbose output (this isn't necessary, but personally I prefer to see what's being extracted) and f lets you specify the file to use.

gregorian 02-17-2007 03:49 AM

After doing what Nylex said,

You must be in root for the giving the program permission.

Type su at the prompt.
Type the password.
Run the program again.
Type exit when you're done.

billymayday 02-17-2007 04:25 AM

Depending on your distro, you are probably better off trying to use the installation manager on your system than installing from source.

Nylex 02-17-2007 04:32 AM

Adobe don't provide the source for the Flash player plugin. All that's in that archive is a script that installs the plugin, IIRC.

FowlProgrammer 02-17-2007 05:49 PM

Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, SeaMonkey,
or Firefox browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla):
dir= /home/tux/

WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.

Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, SeaMonkey,
or Firefox browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla):


I don't undersand this my brother used to do everything for me plz help

Nylex 02-18-2007 02:07 AM

Try /home/<username>/.mozilla.

brianL 02-18-2007 07:10 AM

tar -xzvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

cd install_flash_player_9_linux

./flashplayer-installer

geezerx 02-18-2007 12:05 PM

I didn't notice where you mentioned which browser you are using. If FireFox, the installation path I used (Suse 10.2) was /usr/lib/firefox even though the example path suggested mozilla.


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