Re: flash plugin
On Mon, 12 May 2003 07:50:40 -0300 James LeClair wrote:
> On May 12, 2003 06:44 pm, Carlos Sousa wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 May 2003 03:03:55 -0300 james wrote:
> > > what are people using on their woody boxes for flash plugins?
> >
> > flashplugin-nonfree (from unstable)
>
> Thanks for reply. Now, I'm running woody. So is there a way to install
> the flashplugin without upgrading my whole system to unstable.
> Relatively new with Debian and linux and have had bad experiences
> with Sid. That plugin is only available in unstable. How do I go about
> this. I'm guessing i would pull the deb down and then install it
> using dpkg.
That shouldn't work, as it depends on some packages later than the
ones on stable or testing (which might in turn depend on other packages,
etc...).
The package just installs a ruby script that downloads a flash tarball
from somewhere and then extracts the relevant files and installs them in
appropriate places. You could perform those steps manually yourself.
Looking at the ruby script, I guess you could try this (untested, but
changes should be easy to revert):
#--- as some user ---
-> cd /tmp ; mkdir flash ; cd flash
-> wget http://macromedia.mplug.org/tarball/debian/install_flash_player_6_linux.tar.gz
-> tar xzf install_flash_player_6_linux.tar.gz install_flash_player_6_linux/libflashplayer.so
-> tar xzf install_flash_player_6_linux.tar.gz install_flash_player_6_linux/flashplayer.xpt
-> cd install_flash_player_6_linux
#--- as root ---
-> mkdir -p /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree
-> cp libflashplayer.so flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/
-> mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
-> ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
-> ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt
-> /usr/sbin/update-mozilla-chrome #--- if you have mozilla installed
-> cd /tmp ; rm -rf flash
The plugin is also useable in konqueror (I'm using KDE 3.1), just go to
the plugins configuration area and make sure it looks for plugins in
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.
Let me know how it turns out.
Cheers,
--
Carlos Sousa
http://vbc.dyndns.org/
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