libflashplayer: PuppyLinux

DEPRECATED
The remainder of this page has been kept for archival reasons.

download the .tar.gz file

decompress it to extract its content:

tar xfv install_flash_player*.tar.gz

replace any existing file at /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

re-start the Web browser

+bzip2,+cairo,+fontconfig,+freetype,+glib,+libnspr4,+libnss3,+libnssutil3,+pango,+pcre,

+pixman,+libplc4,+libplds4,+libsmime3,+libssl3

Adobe Flash Player 11.2 will be the last version to target Linux as a supported platform.

Adobe will continue to provide security backports to Flash Player 11.2 for Linux.

However, the Pepper Flash plugin for Chromium allows later version to be used with that browser.

for full functionality ensure that the Web browser's JavaScript setting is enabled:

SeaMonkey: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Scripts & Plug-ins > Enable JavaScript for Browser

Opera: Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Content > Enable JavaScript

Firefox: Edit > Preferences > Content > Enable JavaScript

ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Chromium - allows later version of Flash than 11.2 on Puppy Linux

FlashExtractor - view and manipulate Flash files

Gnash - Alternative Flash Player

GetFlash app thread - installs flash

lwn

PuppyLinux : libflashplayer