GetFlash install Flashplayer

[Semme]

Where is this guy? He?.. keeps run'n away..

[Semme]

Hey Sheldon- got something on your mind? Don't hesitate to ask. There's plenty I don't know..

[Semme]

I got your pm. Disable JS, or.. dump your browsers cache. Then try'n post..

[sheldonisaac]

I got your pm. Disable JS, or.. dump your browsers cache. Then try'n post..

File /usr/lib/kde4/kcm_adobe_flash_player.so has these missing library files:
libkdeui.so.5 libkutils.so.4 libkdecore.so.5 libQtDBus.so.4 libQtCore.so.4 libQtSvg.so.4 libQtGui.so.4

also gtkdialog4 ??

a mystery

I have to quit for a while.

Thank you.

[Semme]

Sheldon, backtrack a few posts and search for what I asked- libflashplayer.so.

You might also respond to why you run an sfs browser.. Short on disk space?

I'd much prefer to rely on myself and run the latest. 5.28's easy..

[sheldonisaac]

Sheldon, backtrack a few posts and search for what I asked- libflashplayer.so.

~> find / -name libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/initrd/pup_rw/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/initrd/pup_rw/opt/opera/lib/opera/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/mnt/sda5/libflashplayer.so
/opt/opera/lib/opera/plugins/libflashplayer.so
~>

[Semme]

OK, should be the first. Now- can you answer the rest of these?

Up.. we're addressing an sfs Opera.. Perhaps sites read flashplayer from /initrd/pup_rw/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/?

You could tell if you had different versions in each, then see what Adobes`site says..

Then again- you could temporarily yank the file..

[sheldonisaac]

OK, should be the first. Now- can you answer the rest of these?

Up.. we're addressing an sfs Opera.. Perhaps sites read flashplayer from /initrd/pup_rw/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/?

You could tell if you had different versions in each, then see what Adobes`site says..

Then again- you could temporarily yank the file..

Opera 12.02 , the sfs that terryphi posted a few months ago

I have to quit for tonight.

thanks again

[Terryphi]

In order for the flashplayer plugin to work with Opera it requires certain Mozilla libraries:

libnspr4.so
libnss3.so
libnssutil3.so
libplc4.so
libplds4.so
libsmime3.so
libsll3.so

Opera looks for these libraries in /usr/lib but in Racy, Wary, etc these are located in /usr/lib/seamonkey. Therefore, it is necessary to have symlinks in /usr/lib pointing to these libraries in /usr/lib/seamonkey.

The current version of Opera is 12.12 but 12.13 will be out soon.

[Semme]

OK, now I'm curious. Hey Sheldon, dump this command when you get a chance..

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ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Though I'm not certain which one it's looking at. Guessing the first..

Otherwise..

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ldd /initrd/pup_rw/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Do either of these report any *not founds*?

Ah- "about:plugins" says it's the first.

[sheldonisaac]

In order for the flashplayer plugin to work with Opera it requires certain Mozilla libraries:

libnspr4.so
libnss3.so
libnssutil3.so
libplc4.so
libplds4.so
libsmime3.so
libsll3.so

Opera looks for these libraries in /usr/lib but in Racy, Wary, etc these are located in /usr/lib/seamonkey. Therefore, it is necessary to have symlinks in /usr/lib pointing to these libraries in /usr/lib/seamonkey.

The current version of Opera is 12.12 but 12.13 will be out soon.

Thank you, Terryphi. I don't have Seamonkey.
Semme PMed me a link to a file at Adobe's site, will try that.

[Semme]

Sheldon, run the first command I just posted. It's possible they're on your system, but need symlinks.

[sheldonisaac]

OK, now I'm curious. Hey Sheldon, dump this command when you get a chance..

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ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Though I'm not certain which one it's looking at. Guessing the first..

Otherwise..

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ldd /initrd/pup_rw/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Do either of these report any *not founds*?

Ah- "about:plugins" says it's the first.

Nope, there weren't any *not founds* from executing the first command line.

As of last night, and now, I'm not sure what flashplayer and associated stuff is installed. At least the .so is
-rw-rw-r-- 1 501 guest 12537796 2011-06-21 19:26 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

I will go get the file you indicated in your PM.

[Semme]

Good. After the dwnld, extract ONLY the top listed file >> libflashplayer.so.

When it asks to where, you point it towards /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.. effectively overwriting the old, or, non-working one.

Then go here (JS enabled) and report back the version- hopefully working.

Then we'll hook you up with Terrys`12.12 build..

[sheldonisaac]

Good. After the dwnld, extract ONLY the top listed file >> libflashplayer.so.

When it asks to where, you point it towards /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.. effectively overwriting the old, or, non-working one.

Then go here (JS enabled) and report back the version- hopefully working.

Then we'll hook you up with Terrys`12.12 build..

I wanted to do that after booting with a fresh savefile.
But had a lot of trouble doing the latter..
Eventually did boot with a fresh savefile.
Set the opera sfs to be loaded at boot.

Extracted the libflashplayer.so as you said.

It shows up in Opera's plugins

(I have to shut down Opera briefly - will edit soon)

The Adobe link says 10.3.183.50
but with commas rather than periods.

I'll try a video .. Yes, it works!
MANY THANKS!

[Semme]

Good, what I wanted to hear. When you're ready for 12.12, just give us a shout out..

[OscarTalks]

At least the .so is
-rw-rw-r-- 1 501 guest 12537796 2011-06-21 19:26 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Looks like root is not the owner of your flash player lib. It may not stop it from working but might be an idea to "chown root:root libflashplayer.so" and check any of the other files that were installed with it.

[Semme]

Oscar, mine list the same, through all the upgrades I've ever done. Needless to say, FP runs fine.

That Sheldon too had *eventual* success, could you pass along the permissions on your file?

[OscarTalks]

Hello Semme,
As you say it does still run OK. All I can tell you is that if you download the Flash Player files from Adobe (not sure what happens if you use Get Flash) they come through as something like "Owner, Group : 501, guest" if you look at Properties.

What I do is assemble the files I want including the preferences utility, desktop file and icon(s) in a directory eg "flashplayer11-11.2.202.261" and then just

chown -R root:root flashplayer11-11.2.202.261

so that all the files to be installed (manually or via a .pet) are then owned by root.

The permissions of libflashplayer.so downloaded from Adobe seem to be Owner=rw Group=rw World=r

The ldd command that you mentioned produces a warning that execute permission is not set so I have set those but I really don't know if any execute permissions are needed or advisable with this file or other shared libs. Most other shared libs seem to have them set for Owner, Group and World.

[Terryphi]

I believe that the latest version of GetFlash automatically corrects the permissions after the download from Adobe.