Difference: CemFlashInstall (6 vs. 7)

The problem is that the flash plugin is designed for 32-bit and will not run on the 64-bit machines.

1. Get the file

In fact, the installer from Adobe will not even run on 32-bit machines. Therefore, the first challenge is to get the flash plugin itself (libflashplayer.so). For this purpose,

• • download the tar file from Adobe. Unpack it. Do not try to run the installer as it will fail.
  • However, the libflashplayer.so file should be available. Version 9 flash plugin:

• • copy it to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (this is where 32-bit plugins live)
  • note that if you put it in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins - you will get errors when trying to use it in firefox

1. Get the plugin wrapper

A wrapper has been made to allow these 32 bit plugins to run in a 64-bit environment. You read about it and download it at http://gwenole.beauchesne.info//en/projects/nspluginwrapper. You may download the relevant files here:

• nspluginwrapper-i386-1.2.2-1.x86_64.rpm: install this one first

* nspluginwrapper-1.2.2-1.x86_64.rpm

1. Install the plugin wrapper

• • install the two files using rpm (one file depends upon the other)
  • they should automatically detect the plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and copy the wrapped versions to /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
  • plugins in user directories (~/.mozilla/plugins) will also be detected and wrapped
  • if plugins are supposed to go to some other directory, then you may have to move them yourself
  • in addition, a program is installed /usr/bin/nspluginwrapper which you can use to list, install, remove plugins in the future
    • nspluginwrapper -h

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-- DavidStokes - 29 Jul 2009