Trying to install flash player on ubuntu 12.04

Posted by Eric on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Eric
Published on 2012-05-13T22:42:55Z Indexed on 2012/05/30 17:00 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 390

Filed under:
|

I am having trouble installing this program. I do not know how to locate the browser plugins directory, or change the directory in the terminal.

Installation instructions

Installing using the plugin tar.gz:

  • Unpack the plugin tar.gz and copy the files to the appropriate location.
  • Save the plugin tar.gz locally and note the location the file was saved to.
  • Launch terminal and change directories to the location the file was saved to.
  • Unpack the tar.gz file. Once unpacked you will see the following:
    + libflashplayer.so
    + /usr
  • Identify the location of the browser plugins directory, based on your Linux distribution and Firefox version
  • Copy libflashplayer.so to the appropriate browser plugins directory. At the prompt type:

    cp libflashlayer.so <BrowserPluginsLocation>
    
  • Copy the Flash Player Local Settings configurations files to the /usr directory. At the prompt type:

    sudo cp -r usr/* /usr
    

Installing the plugin using RPM:
- As root, enter in terminal:

    rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file>

- Click Enter key and follow prompts

Installing the standalone player

  • Unpack the tar.gz file
  • To execute the standalone player Double-click, or enter in terminal:

    ./flashplayer
    

© Ask Ubuntu or respective owner

Related posts about 12.04

Related posts about flash