Ok guys, all the above was appropriate untill a few weeks ago, but let me make this clear
ADOBE REMOVED THE INSTALL FILES FROM THEIR FTP REPOSITORY! SO ITS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO INSTALL THROUGH "APT-GET INSTALL" or BY USING SYNAPTIC there simply isn't a package in the repositories to download anymore! I'm "shouting" to get this through because its so unusual NOT to install software this way, but remember FLASH is NOT free-and-open- software! It is in fact a commercial product, and Adobe simply decided they would no longer tolerate that their software was distributed "unofficially" that is not by visiting their web-site. So now you MUST go to their website to download the "debian/ Ubuntu" .deb file. (not any of the other versions !!!) After downloading this package you can simply double-click on it so the installer can install it as usual. Before you do make sure all traces of a previous install attempt are gone, or the install will fail. Also, make sure the download went well, as downloading it from a website is less reliable (no error checking afterwards). To remove previous downloads use sysnaptic, and remove any trace of adobe flash, using the "completely remove option". On 2 jan, 00:48, elliott-brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mongoosetoo, > > Okay...now... :)) > > Take your time and read closely (LOL) > > You've written that you typed the following: > > cd /locate libflashplayer.so > > I agree that command line stuff is weird and strange if you've never done it > before (which puts you in the large majority of the population of computer > users who have only started using computers in the last five to ten years) > and so it's understandable if you make errors. The thing to remember is that > you will work this out and you will understand more and eventually in a few > years (!) you'll see someone posting the same questions and you'll know the > answers yourself AND be able to tell them how to do it, which having lunch, > reading a book and playing on your Linux-based hand-held gaming device while > remote controlling your home server from your Linux-based mobile :)) > > There are some distinct steps here. > > 1. Open terminal > > 2. Type in everything that appears in the following line: > > cd / > > This will change your directory to the root directory. > > 3. Type in everything that appears in the following line: > > locate libflashplayer.so > > You can also cut and paste the text I've described from the e-mail > > This will show if you have flashplayer installed and where the plugin is > located. > > Another thing you could do and I'm not sure why I've not thought of this > before - Firefox 3 will install this for you. > > You can remove the flashplayer using Synaptic. Do the following: > > First, close Firefox. > > Then go through the Menu and find Synaptic (somwhere in 'Adminstration' I > think). Open Synaptic and then do the following: > > Ctrl+F > > This will give you a 'Find' dialogue box. Enter: > > flash > > and then select: > > ok (I think that's the command) > > which will list all the flash installs. Right click on them and select: > > remove > > Then when this is finished, close Synaptic. > > Then open Firefox. > > Find a site that has flash (eg. type flash games in a search engine) and go > to the site. Firefox will tell you a plugin is not installed. Select the > option to install the plugin and follow the directions. Install the Adobe > plugin. > > Then restart Firefox and all should be well. > > Let us know how you go. > > Regards, > > Patrick > > On 02/01/2009, mongoosetoo <[email protected]> wrote: > > All right, still nothing. Now I don't even have the 'play' button in > the middle of the video box. I tried youtube and hulu, neither works, > they both go blank. > > I tried the cd / thing again and this is a paste of what I got... > > j...@gateway:/$ cd /locate libflashplayer.so > bash: cd: /locate: No such file or directory > > Any other ideas? > > On Jan 1, 12:28 pm, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes, you did not install the flash player (correctly) > > > Until a very short while ago the best way to install the Adobe Flash > > Player was though the software installer of gOS, Synaptic, which can > > be easily found through the configuration menu's. > > However Adobe is commercial software, and they did not like the fact > > that their software was not installed through their website, so they > > made that impossible. Now the only way to install Flash is through the > > installer on their website, the good news is that it works, if you do > > it the right way, which is explained in the essential-tips-for- > > beginning-gos-3-users FAQ on the start page here. > > >http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux/web/essential-tips-for-beginn... > > > On 1 jan, 16:40, mongoosetoo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Elliott, > > > > I tried the cd thing and it said 'no such file or directory' > > > > I assume that's a bad thing? > > > > What do I do from here? > > > > Thanks, Jim > > > > On Jan 1, 4:47 am, elliott-brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Mongoosetoo, > > > > > Did you install Adobe Flash player using Synaptic, > > > > or did you do it manually? > > > > > Also, can you open a terminal and type the following: > > > > > cd / > > > > > then: > > > > > locate libflashplayer.so > > > > > This will tell us where your flashplayer plugin is > > > > located if it's in the correct place. > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Patrick > > > > > mongoosetoo wrote: > > > > > I have three machines on a home network. One has gOS SPace 2.9 and > > > > > the other two are using gOS Gadgets 3.0. > > > > > > None of the machines can view videos on hulu or youtube. I get the > > > > > triangle play button in the middle of the screen, but when I click > it > > > > > they go blank or black, depending upon which site I am on. I have > > > > > installed gnash, couldn't figure it out so I uninstalled and tried > > > > > Adobe FLash Player. Still nothing on any of the computers. > > > > > > Thanks, Jim > > > > > -- > > > > Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
