Before I ask my question, I want to tell you that I am a complete newbie with SUSE and Linux in general.
I am trying to install adobe flash player for Firefox but I keep running into a brick wall. I downloaded the flash player from the adobe website (the one with .tar.gz), and extracted it. It’s currently located in the ‘Downloads’ folder.
I read up and found that the file needs to be in the usr/lib/browser-plugins folder, but when I try to move/copy it over there it tells me that my access is denied eventhough there’s only one user on the system (the one I logged in with) and has root privilages.
Secondly, this isn’t windows, so the regular user does not have permissions to modify things in the / folder. You have to become the root user to do this.
Thirdly, have you updated openSUSE yet? If not there’s a script that actually installs Adobe Flash Player when you first update.
To update open Yast Software Management and if it is your first time, it will automatically have packages selected for updating and installing, one of those is flash. Click accept and wait for the update to occur. When it’s done, close firefox then open it again and try out a site like youtube.
If you need to do things as root like installing programs, use tools like Yast which automatically heighten you to root permissions when it asks you for your password.
If you need to be root in a terminal type
su
hit enter, then enter your password.
To become root with a kde or gnome application like konqueror or nautilus use:
kdesu
or
gnomesu
with the application name like so:
kdesu dolphin /usr/lib/browser-plugins
or
gnomesu nautilus /usr/lib/browser-plugins
instead of su
Note: Be very careful when heightened to root privileges as you can completely mess up your system if you don’t know what you’re doing.
