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[sunrat]

After Adobe pulled the 64 bit beta of Flash for Linux some months ago, some of us have had to jump through hoops to watch Flash content. No more! They have just released a preview called "Square" for the 3 main OS platforms in 32- and 64-bit. I just tried it on YouTube and it works fine. It shows up in about:plugins as    

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File name: libflashplayer.so    Shockwave Flash 10.2 d161

For more details and downloads go to http://labs.adobe.co...shplayer10.html

[securitybreach]

sunrat, on Sep 15 2010, 10:11 PM, said:

After Adobe pulled the 64 bit beta of Flash for Linux some months ago, some of us have had to jump through hoops to watch Flash content. No more! They have just released a preview called "Square" for the 3 main OS platforms in 32- and 64-bit. I just tried it on YouTube and it works fine. It shows up in about:plugins as     For more details and downloads go to http://labs.adobe.co...shplayer10.html

Great news!!!! I am going to download it and try it out now. Within a day or so it should be in the Arch repos.

[trigggl]

I'll be standing by for reports.

[securitybreach]

Well it seems to work fine. I tested youtube and hulu. All videos play smooth and go full screen without any problems. It will take a couple of days to see how it works out but so far so good:Adobe flash test says:

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you have version 10,2,161,22 installed

http://www.adobe.com...re/flash/about/What is up with the commas for version numbers instead of periods?Also:

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Your Player Version: LNXDebug Player NoOperating SYstem: Linux 2.6.35-Video Capable: YesAudo Capable: yesLocal FIle I\O Enabled: Yes

http://kb2.adobe.com...5/tn_15507.html

[securitybreach]

Yeah!! It is officially in the Archlinux AUR repos:

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╔═ comhack@Venus 11:44 AM ╚═══ ~-> yaourt -Ss flashplugin-prereleaseaur/flashplugin-prerelease 10.2.161.22-1 (223)    Adobe Flash Player Square

[V.T. Eric Layton]

I just d-loaded (from Adobe Labs) and installed this. Seems to be working find and dandy! It's about time, too. Some of these software companies act like 64 bit computing is something new and groundbreaking. Sheeesh!

[securitybreach]

Hey Eric!! Nice to see ya.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Howdy!

[trigggl]

securitybreach, on Sep 16 2010, 10:46 AM, said:

Yeah!! It is officially in the Archlinux AUR repos:

I finally realized why I wasn't seeing it in Gentoo yet.  I forgot I had to use the ~amd64 keyword to see it in a '-s' search.

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emerge -vp =www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.2.161.22_pre20100915These are the packages that would be merged, in order:Calculating dependencies... done!!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.2.161.22_pre20100915" have been masked.!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:- www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.2.161.22_pre20100915 (masked by: ~amd64 keyword)For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emergeman page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

[réjean]

Hi everyone! It's me again.
I need to update my flash-player plugin because I cannot view videos in PCLinuxOS anymore. So I went to Synaptic and tried to do an upgrade with this result;



So I then went to Bruno's tutorial;

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$ tar -xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
$ su
< password >
# cd install_flash_player_9_linux
# cp $ tar -xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
$ su
< password >
# cd install_flash_player_9_linux
# cp flashplayer.xpt   /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
# cp libflashplayer.so   /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

The only thing is that I cannot find a " flashplayer.xpt

CODE

[rejean@localhost ~]$ cd Downloads
[rejean@localhost Downloads]$ ls
010153comfrey.pdf                            libflashplayer.so
install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz  usr/
[rejean@localhost Downloads]$

In "usr/" there are 3 folders;

CODE

[rejean@localhost Downloads]$ cd usr/
[rejean@localhost usr]$ ls
bin/  lib64/  share/
[rejean@localhost usr]$

but none as a flashplayer xpt.
What else should I do?

Edited by réjean, 07 January 2012 - 12:09 PM.

[securitybreach]

Well first off, version 9 is very old. Flash is currently at version 11.1.102.55-1 and the only file that is needed now is the libflashplayer.so file. So do not worry about the flashplayer.xpt as that step is not needed.

Also, why not just use your package manager to install the flashplugin?

[securitybreach]

It should be called flash-player-plugin in Synaptic and here are some good reasons to make sure you are running the latest version:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=99387.0
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2011/03/secur...-apsa11-01.html
https://www.adobe.com/support/security/#flashplayer

[réjean]

Well first off, version 9 is very old. Flash is currently at version 11.1.102.55-1 and the only file that is needed now is the libflashplayer.so file. So do not worry about the flashplayer.xpt as that step is not needed.

Also, why not just use your package manager to install the flashplugin.

Hi Josh!
Obviously I forgot to say that I have downloaded the latest version and adapted Bruno's code accordingly.
The other thing is that when I download either a rpm or a tar.gz file and choose to run it with the package manager instead of saving it and doing the work manually I see Synaptic opening but that's it.

Anyway you can see that I did have installed the latest libflashplayer.so;



Now the permissions are set for " root " should I change them?

[securitybreach]

Ah ok, you had me worried. Let me see what I can find for you.

Odd, it looks like PCLinuxOS should of came with flash OOTB. Does synaptic show flash-player-plugin when you search?

[réjean]

If you look at the picture I posted you'll see that the first thing I tried was to update it from Synaptic but there is an error;

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Depends: rpmlib (PayloadsISLzma (<=4.4.6-1 ) but it is not installable.

[securitybreach]

Also after installation, you need to restart your browser for it to take effect.  If you can, I would suggest using the version in Synaptic as it will be updated. Otherwise you have to keep up with the updates yourself as there are frequently security issues that are fixed.

If you look at the picture I posted you'll see that the first thing I tried was to update it from Synaptic but there is an error;

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Depends: rpmlib (PayloadsISLzma (<=4.4.6-1 ) but it is not installable.

This should fix it: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,92661.0.html
From: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?a...e;topic=99355.0

[LilBambi]

Actually the dates you see on libflashplayer.so in the file manager just means you installed it/modified it on that date. It doesn't say what version you installed.

You should be able to determine what Flash version is currently installed for your browser here:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15507.html

[réjean]

Ah ok, you had me worried. Let me see what I can find for you.

Odd, it looks like PCLinuxOS should of came with flash OOTB. Does synaptic show flash-player-plugin when you search?

again if you look at the picture you'll see above the little window that it shows a possible update to " 11.1.102.55-1 ", which I have tried with the result inside the little window.

[securitybreach]

again if you look at the picture you'll see above the little window that it shows a possible update to " 11.1.102.55-1 ", which I have tried with the result inside the little window.

I posted the fix above.

[LilBambi]

At least it works in Chrome and Firefox on Mac and Windows and IE on Windows.

Chrome on Debian doesn't seem to want to fill in the box for the current version of Flash. Weird.

[réjean]

It seems that I still have the 10.3 version;

Download Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player version 10.3.183.11
Your system: Linux 32-bit, Firefox

Different operating system or browser?

or does it?

[réjean]

tried the fix

If 2010, Open Synaptic, click Reload. When that has completed, click Search and enter aptupgrade in the search field > click the Search button.

Mark aptupgrade for installation > Apply > Apply. Close Synaptic. Close all open applications. Menu > Software Center > AptUpgrade.

The result;



What packages?

[securitybreach]

tried the fix


The result;



What packages?

Click the Package tab at the top and choose Fix Broken (or something like that).

[réjean]

Click the Package tab at the top and choose Fix Broken (or something like that).

I did that;

E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

[LilBambi]

Did you update repositories before trying to install?