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This is an old revision of libflashplayer made by coolpup on 2012-08-26 06:48:16.
Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Required for Flash video streaming:
- 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
Dependencies: +bzip2,+cairo,+fontconfig,+freetype,+glib,+libnspr4,+libnss3,+libnssutil3,+pango,+pcre,+pixman,+libplc4,+libplds4,+libsmime3,+libssl3
N.B. 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.
Tutorial
Verify installed version (requires javascript enabled)
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
http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=Adobe+Flash+Player
Categories
CategoryMultimediaCategorySoftwareLibraries
CategorySoftware
