Install the latest Adobe flash player, the rpm way

doctorjohn2 · #1 (**permalink**) 18-Dec-2008, 08:35

Make sure all firefox windows are closed

Press Alt and F2
Type YaST or yast2 and press ENTER
Key in your root password and press ENTER
Click on software management
Search for flash
Mark flash-player for uninstallation and click Accept
Close YaST

Visit

Adobe - Adobe Flash Player

and click on the dropdown list to select the version for download. Select the .rpm version and download it
After you have downloaded it, close all firefox windows. Then right click on the rpm and select Open With->Install software
Key in your root password and press ENTER, it will install in a jiffy, as if nothing has happened :-P

Now Press Alt and F2, and type konsole or gnome-terminal and press ENTER
Type

sudo cp /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/browser-plugins/

and press ENTER

You're done !

sedo89 · #2 (**permalink**) 21-Jan-2009, 07:39

after typing the command in the terminal, i'm asked for my root password but it doesn't react when i typ (no letters appear). My keyboard works fine apart from this. Any idea what's going wrong?

ken_yap · #3 (**permalink**) 21-Jan-2009, 08:02

Yeah that's normal. It doesn't echo the password or print *s or anything like that. But if it's correct, you will be permitted to continue after hitting return.

brucecadieux · #4 (**permalink**) 21-Jan-2009, 08:32

If you are using openSUSE 11.1 you already have the latest version of flash.

nick_perfect · #5 (**permalink**) 04-Jul-2009, 09:28

Many thanks for this guide, to a newbie like me this was very useful.

brunomcl · #6 (**permalink**) 04-Jul-2009, 19:33

The RPM package in Adobe's site is for i386. Can it be installed in x86_64 opensuse 11.0/11.1? The installed FF 3.08 is the 64-bit version.

prettybelinda · #7 (**permalink**) 05-Jul-2009, 06:53

i have succesly downloaded the new flash player thanks for all the help.. but the problem is that my computer still ask me to download it.. and when i agree it says i have it! which i do!!! and my javascccript is enable.. but still the computer says that i need to install it to se some websides!!!
any idea of what it could be... i have istalled it from get.adobe.

caf4926 · #8 (**permalink**) 05-Jul-2009, 07:09

Open a terminal and post result of the following:

Code:

uname -a

Code:

rpm -qi flash-player

nomenclator · #9 (**permalink**) 05-Jul-2009, 09:01

I'm having trouble installing flash player or plugin or whatever, also and of course I can't view youtube videos, in firefox, nor in opera, which of course I want to do.

When I do

Code:

rpm -qi flash-player

I get

Code:

flash-player is not installed

Yet opera is already hooked up to find flashplugin.so

In yast, I see listing of
coreboot-utils (univ flash pgmg util)
flash-player (after a green checkmark w 3 dots under it)
flash-plugin (after a blackbox with white checkmark)
gnash (after an empty box)
libflashsupport
libflashsupport-32bit
pullin-flash-player
swfdec (a free flash player)
swfdec-devel
swfdec-doc (a free flash player)
swfdec-gnome
swfdec-gnome-lang

Which of these do i need to uninstall before installing the flash rpm?

How do I mark for uninstall - why do dif listings have differnt-looking checkmarks?

caf4926 · #10 (**permalink**) 05-Jul-2009, 09:09

If you get this
flash-player (after a green checkmark w 3 dots under it)
It means it is due to be installed
click accept in yast - what happens

edit:
Can you start an new thread and PM me the link
save cluttering this HowTo

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