Adode Flash Player - How to install?
 

How to install Adode Flash Player version 9 in Mozilla Firefox in Slackware 12?

tar xvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
cp install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

Works like a charm. Thanks!

If you're getting crashes in Firefox when navigating away from a page with Flash (it only happened sometimes with me), the easiest way to fix it is to modify Firefox's .desktop file to launch "XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 firefox %u" instead of just "firefox %u". It worked for me anyway.

If you want to create a package for flash quickly just use the flash-player-plugin slackBuild.

Either way, as can already be seen, flash is easy to install.

What may be easier copy one file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ :)

The Flash installer is, in itself, incredibly easy to use: untar it, cd to the new directory, as root run ./flashplayer-installer, answer yes to various questions and let it install to the default place, then exit.

update to Flashplayer9
 

Ok, lets see if someone has any other ideas about howto install flashplayer 9.

Tried that and caused firefox to crash. Was unable to load plugins (i.e. someplugin.~.1 and segmentation fault).

Didn't work for me. I changed the mozilla-firefox.desktop file.
changed:to:No go, firefox crashed.
Tried this as well. Built the flash-player-plugin.~.tgz into the /tmp directory. Installed no problem. Firefox crashed.
Tried this as well. Ran as root. Answered question telling the directory for mozilla was /usr/lib/mozilla and yes to install and browser was closed during this process. Firefox crashed.

In all the processes the libflashplayer.so was created and placed in the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory (except for the cp libflashplayer.so command, of course). But each try of the flashplayer9 causes Firefox to crash. I'm still using flashplayer7 which isn't accepted by all sites. Any suggestions on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for all help.

i always had problems with flash if copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
try Copying the file to ~/.mozilla/plugins/

flashplayer 9 not working
 

Thanks drauk but I've tried that before as well in this post as H TexMex H suggested. It didn't work.

Thanks for the help.

Rollo69, what build of Flash are you using? (I'm using 0.115.0) I can confirm that libflashplayer.so exists at /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ with the following permissions:
What version of Firefox are you using? (I'm using the latest official Slackware package, 2.0.0.12)
Does it crash immediately when you open the browser or just when you visit a Flash site? Can you try creating a new user, starting X and running Firefox that way?

Your problem sounds difficult so I can't think of any definitive answer. Try `md5sum /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so` after copying it there (and before opening Firefox). It should be (or at least mine, which works is): 13ce705df5d47422a9192b29827544e8 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Good luck!

I've used the method mentioned by XavierP - no problems. Install in /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.12.

Where do you have flash player plugin 7 installed? Maybe you should uninstall that first before installing flash player 9.

Some places to check are:
Also, make sure firefox is closed when installing or uninstalling these plugins.

To make sure it isn't a profile problem create a new firefox profile (creating a new user should not be necessary) and test your flash player plugin. To create a new profile open the Profile Manager by running
You will need to use the Profile Manager later to switch to your original profile if desired.

If you think the problem is global then you need to look at your firefox installation. Which version of firefox are you using? Is it the official slackware package?

You can easily test a another copy of firefox by untarring the binaries into your home directory. Simply run firefox from there (./firefox). You will need to have the plugin installed under the plugins directory of that firefox directory.

In general, if you aren't using the official slackware package you might need to have your plugins installed under the plugins directory of the firefox program directory (typically /usr/lib/firefox/plugins). The reason for this is that the official slackware package patches the script that runs firefox so that /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins is included in the plugins path. There is a patch for using thunderbird as your mail handler and another minor path patch as well. Check the official firefox slackBuild to verify this if you want.

On the following address is an archive of older versions. Grab that fat zipped fp9 file and try the 9r48. I think it´s better for firefox, at least on my computer.

And, if you are using the official slack 12 package, you should put it in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins


http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view...4266&sliceId=1

Jan-C.

I did see on another forum that the newest version of Flash causes problems (though I haven't seen them myself) so jannekrille's suggestion may work better for you.