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This is an old revision of libflashplayer made by darkcity on 2015-09-02 09:47:33.
libflashplayer for Adobe Flash
Allow Flash applications to be run usually for a web browser. A typical examples include video streaming and games.
Installation
Install using either package, or GetFlash tool:
Package option
Via software package:
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
GetFlash tool option
See GetFlash page. This tool downloads and install Flash.
dependencies
+bzip2,+cairo,+fontconfig,+freetype,+glib,+libnspr4,+libnss3,+libnssutil3,+pango,+pcre,+pixman,+libplc4,+libplds4,+libsmime3,+libssl3
Linux support
- 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.
Flash version
- verify installed version (requires javascript enabled)
Configuration
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
Also on the Wiki
FlashExtractor - view and manipulate Flash files
Gnash - Alternative Flash Player
Related Webpages
GetFlash app thread - installs flash
Categories
CategoryMultimediaCategorySoftwareLibraries
CategorySoftware
