Submitted by ggarron on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 11:32
This is a step by step guide to install Adobe Flash player 9 on your Mandriva Spring 2007.
First thing you should do is to download the .tar.gz file of the latest version of Flash player.
Get it from here:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=Sho...
Download it at your home directory
next change to root
su -
enter the password for root
cd /home/[your_user]
tar xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
(or any other name the downloaded file could have)
cd install_flash_player_9_linux
./flashplayer-installer
You will see something like this:
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): /usr/lib/mozilla
dir= /usr/lib/mozilla
WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.
If after entering /usr/lib/mozilla you get the above Warning, you should enter this other path.
Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, SeaMonkey,
or Firefox browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.3 <----
dir= /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.3
In my case is /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.3 in your case could be another version, be sure the directory exists.
----------- Install Action Summary -----------
Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed in the following directory:
Browser installation directory = /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.3
Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q): y <----
Installation complete.
That is all, you have now flash installed, (restart your firefox)
thnx
I too had the same problem as I had installed flashplayer as described above and worked until I upgraded to 2009 then tried to install as above and I kept getting the error
WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.
I tried /mozilla, /firefox-3.0.3, /plugins ect. with no luck.
As a last result I downloaded the .rpm instead of the tar and ran it through the installer and BINGO, got flash at browser restart.
hi there.. can you help me please?
i got mandriva 2009.. (i'm a newbie in linux)
and i'll try to install flash player 10 to firefox.. and i just couldn't do it!!
(i've also tried to install flash player 9 but give me the same error)
when i'm installing it, ask me for the path of mi explorer.. i'll try the default path (/usr/lib/mozilla) and give me the warning... then i'll try with the other path (/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3) which is the real path 'cause i can open a firefox browser from there (double clickin' on the firefox executable icon
so.. i don't know what to do..
if you help me i'll really aprecciate it!
thanks! (forgive my english.. but my native language is spanish)
greetings
I have tried the above mentioned steps on my mandriva distro, but the problem occurred while running the installation script, it says that my architecture "x86_64" is not supported by the installer. Any help on how to install flash player for this architecture?
I have heard that is one of the problems when using x86_64, and maybe if you are going to use you PC as Desktop is better to go to i386, if you are going to use it as a Server install a x86_64 version, as the server applications support that architecture, and you will the most of your hardware.
That is just my opinion, and I may be wrong!
Guillermo Garron
Why can't firefox autodetect the missing plugin and install it like it does on Ubuntu?
That is something I also wonder, I think Debian also autodetect, but it doesn't work with Mandriva.