[SOLVED] Trying to install Flash Player 11 to my browsers in Slackware 13.37.
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Trying to install Flash Player 11 to my browsers in Slackware 13.37.
This is really confusing. I have Konqueror, Seamonkey, and Firefox install in Slackware and I dont know how to add Flash to them. I downloaded the .tar.gz file from adobe.com and extracted it. Ive searched the web for solutions but non of them have worked.
You can either move libflashplayer.so from the extracted .tar.gz to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, or get and run the SlackBuild: http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13...player-plugin/
EDIT
The SlackBuild option is best, since it will put all the other files in the right places. Once upon a time there was only libflashplayer.so in those .tar.gz downloads, now there's more odds'n'sods.
Im having a problem with the Slackbuild. I get this error when I execute the .slackbuild file:
tar: /home/user/Slackbuilds/Flash: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
It seems like its trying to do something in /home/user/Slackbuilds/Flash, which is a directory I dont have. How do I change the directory?
K, this is probably the part where the error is happening, and I dont quite understand it.
"Note that for many builds, you will need to have a true login shell in order to have a correctly populated environment. Among other things, /usr/share/texmf/bin will not be in your PATH if you simply do "su" -- therefore, you will need to either use "su -l" when switching to root, or source the /etc/profile script after doing "su", or perhaps modifying /root/.bashrc to include necessary PATH elements."
I tried to execute it again while I was root with the su - command, I got the same error, so I made the directory /home/user/Flash and then this error pops up:
tar: /home/user/Slackbuilds/Flash: Cannot read: Is a directory
tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar -xvzf flash-player-plugin.tar.gz
cd flash-player-plugin
wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get...ux.i386.tar.gz
./flash-player-plugin.SlackBuild
installpkg /tmp/flash-player-plugin-11.1.102.62-i386-1_SBo.tgz
I dont get it. Im still getting this error:
tar: /home/user/Slackbuilds/Flash: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
I've read that slackbuild page too.
user@darkstar:~$ cd /home/user/Flash\ Player/
user@darkstar:~/Flash Player$ ls
user@darkstar:~/Flash Player$ ls
flash-player-plugin.tar.gz
user@darkstar:~/Flash Player$ tar -xvzf flash-player-plugin.tar.gz
flash-player-plugin/
flash-player-plugin/flash-player-plugin.SlackBuild
flash-player-plugin/README
flash-player-plugin/doinst.sh
flash-player-plugin/slack-desc
flash-player-plugin/flash-player-plugin.info
user@darkstar:~/Flash Player$ cd flash-player-plugin
user@darkstar:~/Flash Player/flash-player-plugin$ wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.1.102.62/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
--2012-03-21 17:13:12-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.1.102.62/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com (fpdownload.macromedia.com)... 23.56.2.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com (fpdownload.macromedia.com)|23.56.2.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 7042811 (6.7M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: "install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz"
100%[=======================================================================================>] 7,042,811 1.46M/s in 5.0s
2012-03-21 17:13:18 (1.34 MB/s) - "install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz" saved [7042811/7042811]
user@darkstar:~/Flash Player/flash-player-plugin$ su
Password:
root@darkstar:/home/user/Flash Player/flash-player-plugin# ./flash-player-plugin.SlackBuild
tar: /home/user/Flash: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
root@darkstar:/home/user/Flash Player/flash-player-plugin# exit
exit
user@darkstar:~/Flash Player/flash-player-plugin$ su -
Password:
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root@darkstar:~# cd /home/user/Flash\ Player/
root@darkstar:/home/user/Flash Player# ls
flash-player-plugin/ flash-player-plugin.tar.gz
root@darkstar:/home/user/Flash Player# cd flash-player-plugin
root@darkstar:/home/user/Flash Player/flash-player-plugin# ls
README doinst.sh flash-player-plugin.SlackBuild* flash-player-plugin.info install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz slack-desc
root@darkstar:/home/user/Flash Player/flash-player-plugin# ./flash-player-plugin.SlackBuild
tar: /home/user/Flash: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
root@darkstar:/home/user/Flash Player/flash-player-plugin#
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