On Linux there exists no version 8. The last stable version at the moment is 7.xx, and the newest (but not yet "completely stable", i.e. it's still not marked as stable) is version 9.
If you go to Adobe's site, you can see a download link for version 9 but it will bring you to download the version 7 - funny, I thought, but that's how it goes
there
is, however, version 9 that you can download, but it's in another place, and called "Adobe Flash Player 9 Update Beta". I've installed it and have seen no problems so far (some weeks of trying), so I consider it pretty good.
This page:
labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/
has a link which takes you to the page where you can choose which platform to download for. For Linux there are two alternatives: a standalone player and an installer - you
want to download the installer. Actually they don't differ much except that if you want to use Flash in your browser, you need the "installer"; the "standalone player" isn't probably what you're asking for
So, using the link
http://www.adobe.com/go/fp9_update_b...er_linuxplugin
download the installer which is a .tar.gz compressed archive, and extract it using:
Code:
tar -xzf <filename here>.tar.gz
That way you'll get a directory which is of the same name than the archive. Cd in, and you'll find a .so plugin file - simply copy that file into your
~/.mozilla/plugins (or alternatively to the system-wide mozilla/plugins directory) and it works for Mozilla browsers (like Firefox). For Konqueror, first do that, then launch Konqueror, go to settings and ask it to scan for plugins.
Oh, and you'll need to restart your browser after the plugin is installed (at least Mozilla browsers) to load it. If you're unsure if it got loaded, type this to the Firefox address bar and open the page by pressing
ENTER:
about
:plugins
It should list your new Flash 9. NOTE: the Flash 9 plugin file is called exactly the same as version 7 file is, if I'm right, so
if you wish to keep your version 7 plugin around for something, remember to copy it off from the plugins directory first, before copying the version 9 there (and overwriting the old).
How to install Macromedia Flashplayer 8.0+ Version
