cannot find installation path (adobe flash install)

bloodyscript · 06-04-2007, 11:54 AM

ok so im install adob\be flash player 9 i have debian currently installed i got to unpack it and then run the ./flashplayer-installer

"commandstydeb:/home/stycaptain/install_flash_player_9_linux# ./flashplayer-installer

Copyright(C) 2002-2006 Adobe Macromedia Software LLC. All rights reserved.

Adobe Flash Player 9 for Linux

Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed on this machine.

You are running the Adobe Flash Player installer as the "root" user.
Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed system-wide.

Support is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/

To install Adobe Flash Player 9 now, press ENTER.

To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C.

NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running.

Press ENTER to continue...

Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, SeaMonkey,
or Firefox browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla):
dir= /home/stycaptain/install_flash_player_9_linux/

WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.

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

WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.

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

WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.

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

WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.

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

WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.

Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, SeaMonkey,
or Firefox browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): dir /usr/lib/mozilla
dir= /home/stycaptain/install_flash_player_9_linux/dir /usr/lib/mozilla

WARNING: /home/stycaptain/install_flash_player_9_linux/dir /usr/lib/mozilla is not a directory.

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

WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.

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

now i tried looking for the installation path but everyone i put in didnt work i just installed the new stable debian "debian etch 4.0 now im wondering if anyone can help me finding the install path or tell me the install path any help would be apperciated thanks for your help

reddazz · 06-04-2007, 12:29 PM

You need to enter the the path where your firefox directory is located on your system e.g. /usr/lib/firefox-{VESRION}.

bloodyscript · 06-04-2007, 01:42 PM

i did enter or at least entered the directory i thought it was in but said invail directory so i did a search or firefox and tried to find the app and its location but was un sucessfull just found plugin folders and scripts that didnt load the browser so i figured id post in here sence i coudlnt find the directory i tried useing /usr/lib/mozilla which it exsists on my filesystem but when i add the path said invalid path. i tired just /usr/lib and still nothing i tried the etc folder path were a firefox file resides and it still said invaild path and ive been looking for the path for awhile and cant find it

reddazz · 06-04-2007, 03:26 PM

Enter the commands

Code:

#find / -type d -name "firefox*"

and

Code:

#find / -type d -name "iceweasel*"

Post back the output

skeeterflea · 06-08-2007, 09:31 PM

Ok well i'm having the same problem so I'll post my output

Code:

root@skeeterflea:~# find / -type d -name "firefox*"
/etc/firefox
/usr/share/doc/firefox-gnome-support
/usr/share/doc/firefox
/usr/share/bug/firefox
/usr/share/firefox
/usr/lib/firefox
/usr/local/firefox
/home/daddy/.mozilla/firefox
root@skeeterflea:~# find / -type d -name "iceweasel*"
/usr/lib/iceweasel

reddazz · 06-09-2007, 10:56 AM

Try entering /usr/lib/firefox or /usr/lib/iceweasel as your Firefox directory. Alternatively you can copy your plugin files to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.

KumoriJinsoku · 06-10-2007, 03:09 PM

When it asked me:

Code:

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

it took me a while but I realized that there's two different directories for Mozilla and Firefox. But instead of typing in the path, I took my chances by just typing:

Code:

Firefox

And it installed.

However it still doesn't work for me. I need some help with troubleshooting it.

EDIT: Scratch that. I have it working; Java and Flash are different...

skeeterflea · 06-11-2007, 07:49 PM

I'm blind... Okay well when I created the ./mozilla/plugins folder, I was sudo, so when I was trying to install flash from within firefox, it was unable to write to the dir.

Dirrr, everything is okay now.