64 bit Flash Player

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There is a Alpha version of 64 bit Flash Player for Linux here:

Adobe Labs - Downloads: Flash Player 10

I’m using it in openSUSE 11.1 x86_64 and Mandriva 2009.1 x86_64. So far it’s working.

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good info. i know that some stuff for 64 bit can be tough to find^_^

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I have it running for a while now, it works pretty well in Opera, but it’s not realy fast. It for example stutters when playing HQ video’s from youtube :frowning: .

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Hi, I’m running SuSE 11.0 with KDE 3.5.9 and Firefox 3.0.9.

I have tried unsuccessfully to find version 10 of Flash Player. When I try to download Flash Player V 10 (.rpm) for Linux from Adobe website I get instead the plugin, not the player itself.

So I was interested in this post about an Alpha version of 10. I downloaded the Alpha referenced above and extracted. But all that results is one file: libflashplayer.so.

Is that it? All I need?

Where do I move that file, and does it replace something else or is it in addition to what’s there?

Thanks.
socref (Linux for Dummies level but trying to get better :wink: )

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You move that to /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/

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OK, thanks! Appreciate the direction.

Now, having followed your instructions, I notice the following:

When I go to the Adobe website it does say I have V 10.0.22.87 of Flash Player installed. And if I right click on a video I get the same report.

However, when checking versions in Yast it tells me that my version of Flash Player is 9.0.159.0-0.1-i586. It also says my version of Flash Player plugin is 10.0.22.87-release.i586.

So I’m a little confused as to which version of FlashPlayer I actually have installed. Do I trust the Adobe website or do I trust Yast?

Or am I worried about nothing at all? :sarcastic:

Thanks! :slight_smile:
socref

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When you install the 64 bit plugin you uninstall nspluginwrapper and any flash related packages.

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I’ve been running it for a fair amount of time, and have had fewer issues than with the standard package.

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It would be fine if you’d be running 32 bit Firefox but again, to run it you’d have to pull half the oss repository :wink: Then there would be no problems with nspluginwrapper etc :slight_smile: