Difference: CemFlashInstall (7 vs. 8)

Revision 829 Jul 2009 - Main.DavidStokes

 
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How to install Flash Plugin in 64-bit Linux systems

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.
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    • However, the libflashplayer.so file should be available. Version 9 flash plugin:
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    • However, the libflashplayer.so file should be available. Version 9 flash plugin: libflashplayer.so
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    • 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:

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  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
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      • nspluginwrapper -h
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 listing of wrapped plugins on stokes50: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 111984 Jul 28 16:58 npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 111984 Jul 28 16:58 npwrapper.nphelix.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 111984 Jul 28 16:58 npwrapper.nppdf.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 61 Jul 28 16:58 npwrapper.so -> ../../../../usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/x86_64/linux/npwrapper.so

  • Set ALLOWTOPICVIEW =

-- DavidStokes - 29 Jul 2009

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