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#106 Post by zakjoh »

bigpup wrote:Adobe Flash Player keeps changing it's server location and Getflash has to be updated.
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashpla ... tion3.html

Linux (64-bit)
https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/f ... _64.tar.gz

Linux (32-bit)
https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/f ... 386.tar.gz

I thought the latest linux version was always at the above links ??

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#107 Post by ASRI éducation »

zakjoh wrote:I thought the latest linux version was always at the above links ??
The latest version of getflash (1.5.6) uses different URLs.

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CHECKURL_32='://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/?installer=Flash_Player_11.2_for_other_Linux_(.tar.gz)_32-bit&standalone=1'
CHECKURL_64='://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/?installer=Flash_Player_11.2_for_other_Linux_(.tar.gz)_64-bit&standalone=1'
These URLs seem functional.
hanzf wrote:
bigpup wrote: Make sure you are using the latest version of Getflash.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 869#835869
Thank you bigpup, now it works
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#108 Post by Mike Walsh »

Thanks for 1.5-6, shinobar. Working nicely in Slacko 5.7.0.

Cheers!


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#109 Post by ASRI éducation »

getflash-1.5-7

To automatically update the flash player plugin at the startup of the session, Geoffrey offers a convenient and effective utility => Adobe Flash Player Auto Updater http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=100523

bigpup gave me the idea to add this feature to the getflash utility => http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 989#868989

I also made other improvements/changes.

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#151028 v1.5-7 ASRI: add function autoupdate at startup, improve messages (SEE_*) of main GUI, stop to propose flashplayer9, improve test of download size, improve support of x64 arch, add options for boot (getflash -a -h), add prefs file, and other small changes...
To facilitate collaborative work, the files have been added to Woof-CE => https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/w ... s/getflash

Thank you in advance for your tests and proposals.

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#110 Post by ASRI éducation »

I need help to improve the file created in /root/.packages.
The size of the installed package is wrong.

Line 434: variable $LENGTH K

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NEWENTRY="flashplayer-$NEWVERSION-$ARCHSEE|flashplayer|$NEWVERSION-$ARCHSEE||Internet|$LENGTH K||flashplayer-$NEWVERSION-$ARCHSEE.pet||Preferences for Adobe Flash Player||||"
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LENGTH=$(curl -s -k -I "$DOWNLOADURL" | grep -i 'Content-Length:' | cut -s -f2 -d':'| tr -dc '0-9') || LENGTH=0
Thank you in advance for your suggestions.
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#111 Post by zakjoh »

Could you sprinkle your magic and do the same for openSSL ? :)

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#112 Post by boxR »

ASRI éducation wrote:Line 240:

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LENGTH=$(curl -s -k -I "$DOWNLOADURL" | grep -i 'Content-Length:' | cut -s -f2 -d':'| tr -dc '0-9') || LENGTH=0
Can you try :

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curl -s -k -I "$DOWNLOADURL"
is there a 'Content-Length' line ?

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#113 Post by boxR »

Flashplayer 11.2.202.616 (PET) 32-bits package

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#114 Post by BVV »

URL pattern to download Adobe Flash Player has been changed. For proper operation GetFlash, you need to replace the file /usr/sbin/getflash-conf on below.
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Another way to update the download URLs in getflash-conf

#115 Post by rerwin »

Thanks, BVV, for posting your updated version of getflash-conf.

I also worked up a patch .pet that edits an existing getflash-conf in place. It should work for both getflash versions 1.5-6 and 1.5-7, although I have tested only with 1.5-6.

The updated lines are:

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CHECKURL_32='://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/?installer=FP_11.2_for_other_Linux_32-bit_(.tar.gz)_-_NPAPI&standalone=1'
CHECKURL_64='://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/?installer=FP_11.2_for_other_Linux_64-bit_(.tar.gz)_-_NPAPI&standalone=1'
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#116 Post by Mike Walsh »

Richard, I don't know if this has any bearing on the problem with Get-Flash?

(Read on from this post...)

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 789#912789

Apparently Adobe's site is currently not detecting Puppy's browser user-agent strings correctly. Fortunately, the fix was an extremely simple one, thanks to sfs's determined 'digging around'.


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#117 Post by Pete »

At the risk of sounding facetious, which is not the intention, what is flash still used/needed for?
I'm running Slacko 6.3.0 and I have never bothered with flash and not missing much since youtube started supporting html 5.
Firefox still shows "a plug-in is required to view this content" for about a second or two then it disappears and it plays normally.
So, what am I missing that I need flash for these days?

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#118 Post by Sailor Enceladus »

Pete wrote:At the risk of sounding facetious, which is not the intention, what is flash still used/needed for?
I'm running Slacko 6.3.0 and I have never bothered with flash and not missing much since youtube started supporting html 5.
Firefox still shows "a plug-in is required to view this content" for about a second or two then it disappears and it plays normally.
So, what am I missing that I need flash for these days?
I sometimes play Facebook Games (like Guitar Flash multi-player). Some sites like Soundcloud and Di.fm still need it for some silly reason (probably so you'll see their Flash ads). I think the 'Youtube video editing enhancements' thing use Flash. Like you, I usually keep Flash disabled or in an sfs which isn't loaded, and if we can get by without it for everything, more power to us. :)

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#119 Post by Mike Walsh »

Hi, Pete.

Don't take this the wrong way, but if all you view in your browser is YouTube, then I don't suppose you would need Flash..! :lol:

Personally, I can't remember the last time I even bothered with YouTube. It's not exactly top of my list of priorities! But there are, as Sailor pointed out, an awful lot of sites out there for which Flash is still a 'must-have' item.

Believe me, I hate the Flash plug-in as much as anybody.....but I have a nasty feeling the horrid thing will be with us for quite some time to come. I don't particularly want it myself; but if I have to have it, at least I'll make sure I'm running the most up-to-date version. And I've had it on 'click-to-play' for years...

A Flash SFS sounds like a good idea. I might run one of those up myself...


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#120 Post by Pete »

Mike Walsh wrote:
Don't take this the wrong way, but if all you view in your browser is YouTube, then I don't suppose you would need Flash..! :lol:
No offense taken at all.
I'm genuinely curious as to what other features flash is still used for.

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#121 Post by Pete »

@Sailor Enceladus

Thanks for the examples.
Well facebook is certainly not a consideration for me, but I see that soundcloud could be worthwhile.

Can one not just download the .tar.gz from Adobe as shown in the screenshot below?
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#122 Post by Sailor Enceladus »

@Pete: I didn't realize that the top option in getflash actually contacts Adobe's site until it stopped working (stopping me from selecting any of the 4 options) and then digging into its scripts to figure out why, before that I always thought some kind soul downloaded the most recent one and repackaged it as a pet for us. You're thinking too much like a computer pro and not a regular user with your "browsing to Adobe's site and trying to find the correct Flash version and extracting the tar.gz". ;)

edit: Plus some Puppy users like the older versions. 10.3.183.90 and 11.2.202.228 won't nag you to upgrade, unlike ~335+ :)

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#123 Post by Mike Walsh »

Hi Pete/Sailor.

As I said before, don't get me wrong. I hate Flash/Pepper as much as anyone.....probably more so. And yes, the day when the web is 100% running on HTML5 can't come soon enough for me!

However, my take on the matter is this. You must remember that the Puppy user-base is way larger than is represented on these Forums. Many of these people probably read the Forums, even if they don't join and contribute. Most of them are ex-Windows users, who are used to GUIs, etc., and everything being point & click.

The simple reason I spend so much time and effort bringing methods to the community's attention for keeping Flash and Pepper up-to-date, is simple. While horrors like Flash are still hanging around like a bad smell, I honestly believe that it would be remiss of the community not to ensure that the means for updating does at least exist. And although yes, you can get up-to-date Pepper by the simple expedient of installing a new version of Chrome, this option doesn't exist for everybody, especially those still running 32-bit systems. By producing the series of PepperFlash .pets, I feel I'm doing my bit to at least try to make sure that the members of our community are a wee bit more secure, by d/loading something which takes but a single click to install. How much more simple can you make it?

(Okay, I know some people are bone-idle, and wouldn't even lift a finger to stop themselves being run over by a 10-ton truck... :lol: )

And in the case of Geoffrey's Auto-Updater, that single click (plus a couple more to actually set it do everything automatically after that) only has to be done once. Doesn't get much better than that.

Examples of where Flash is still in regular use. Try educational establishments, for a start. The 'IT department' for many of these consists of maybe a couple of bored members of staff, half-heartedly poking around in the system's guts maybe 2 or 3 times a year. Doesn't inspire confidence, does it? For such as these, Flash is a well-established platform; switching to HTML5 throughout the system (and un-installing Flash), while not hard in itself, is more than these folks want to contemplate.....especially if several hundred machines have to be be individually 'fettled'.

Oh, it'll come, sooner or later. For folks like ourselves, who enjoy poking around in the system's innards, it'll definitely be sooner. For Joe Public, probably later.

Much later...

sfs has already worked me out a script for auto-updating Pepper:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 162#913162

All I need to do now is to fit a GUI around it.....and then we'll have totally automatic update & installation of both the little buggers covered. :D Which is something I've wanted to do in Puppy for longer than I care to remember.....


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#124 Post by Pete »

@Mike Walsh

So you are aiding and abetting Adobe in spreading their malware. :lol:

Only kidding, I suspect your efforts have helped many Windows "refugees" get flash going.

Are you then saying that the reason you decided to create an easier way to install flash is because many users would not know if they are running 32 or 64 bit Puppies and would also not know to choose the .tar.gz over say a rpm or deb?

Just trying to confirm if going to the Adobe site and selecting the .tar.gz and installing it would work perfectly or are there Puppy "peculiarities" that would stop it from working properly with say firefox?

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#125 Post by Pete »

@Sailor Enceladus

If you look at the two files in the hidden directory (.getflash), they make reference to a script in ~/Startup/getflash_auto that gets flash once you are online.

First thing I do when I install a Puppy is get rid of it.

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