Here i will describe how to install .tar.gz.
First download the .tar.gz file. Go to http://www.adobe.com and click on the Get Adobe Flash Player button. Make sure you use a browser from your Linux desktop; if you use a Windows browser you will be redirected to the Windows version of the Flash Player 9. Provided you use a Linux browser, you will be redirected to the download page of the Linux version of the Flash Player 9. On the download page you will get a Flash Player .tar.gz file and download it to your computer (in my case I downloaded it to /home/tapos/Desktop).
Now open a terminal then go to the directory like this:
cd /home/tapos/Desktop ##replace this as your download directory
Then ..
tar xvfz install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
cd install_flash_player_9_linux/
sudo ./flashplayer-installer
then the process is bellow.
You will be asked few questions. Just answer this. The red one’s is the answer. You may face one problem with installation directory of the Browser. Please check your usr/lib directory to get the correct installation path.
Copyright(C) 2002-2006 Adobe Macromedia Software LLC. All rights reserved.
Adobe Flash Player 9 for Linux
Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed on this machine.
You are running the Adobe Flash Player installer as the “root” user.
Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed system-wide.
Support is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/
To install Adobe Flash Player 9 now, press ENTER.
To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C. <– <ENTER>
NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running.
Press ENTER to continue… <– <ENTER>
Please enter the installation path of the Firefox, Netscape,
or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): <– /usr/lib/firefox
dir= /usr/lib/firefox
WARNING: An older version of the Adobe Flash Player has been detected in
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins.
The installer will overwrite this existing binary.
———– Install Action Summary ———–
Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed in the following directory:
Browser installation directory = /usr/lib/firefox
Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q): <– y
Installation complete.
Perform another installation? (y/n): <– n
Please log out of this session and log in for the changes to take effect.
The Adobe Flash Player installation is complete.
Now check your installed plugins in firefox. Just open firefox and type about:plugins and check it. I have following view.
What is your experience??
