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how do I install flashplayer 10.10

Asked by Rinus Dekker

I downloaded the 64-bit Linux TAR.GZ, Flash player and now have libflashplayer.so on my desktop.I tried to copy it to user/lib/firefox/plugns but get a message that access is denied. How do I gain access to these areas? Or is there a better way to install it?

Thanks,
Rinus

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Best François Tissandier (baloo) said : 		#1

You can simply add it to your local firefox folder:
Open Nautilus, press ALT+H to display hidden files, open the .mozilla folder, then "plugins"
But will make it available to you only.

To copy it in a system folder, you have to be root... So you can do that from the command line, or you can run Nautilus as root: ALT+F2, type "gksudo nautilus" to run Nautilus as root, then you can copy the file. But be very careful of course :)

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Rinus Dekker (rdekker-att) said : 		#2

Thank you Francois,
I copied libflashplayer to lib, lib32 and lib64 and still it does not
work. I could not find .mozilla/plugins.
Do you have any other suggestions?

Rinus

On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 21:39 +0000, François Tissandier wrote:
> Your question #129502 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/129502
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> François Tissandier proposed the following answer:
> You can simply add it to your local firefox folder:
> Open Nautilus, press ALT+H to display hidden files, open the .mozilla folder, then "plugins"
> But will make it available to you only.
>
> To copy it in a system folder, you have to be root... So you can do that
> from the command line, or you can run Nautilus as root: ALT+F2, type
> "gksudo nautilus" to run Nautilus as root, then you can copy the file.
> But be very careful of course :)
>

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Rinus Dekker (rdekker-att) said : 		#3

Hi again,

I solved the problem by creating the plugins folder under .mozilla
and copied the libflashplayer.so into it.
All is well now.
Thank you much

Rinus
On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 21:39 +0000, François Tissandier wrote:
> Your question #129502 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/129502
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> François Tissandier proposed the following answer:
> You can simply add it to your local firefox folder:
> Open Nautilus, press ALT+H to display hidden files, open the .mozilla folder, then "plugins"
> But will make it available to you only.
>
> To copy it in a system folder, you have to be root... So you can do that
> from the command line, or you can run Nautilus as root: ALT+F2, type
> "gksudo nautilus" to run Nautilus as root, then you can copy the file.
> But be very careful of course :)
>

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Rinus Dekker (rdekker-att) said : 		#4

By creating the plugins folder under the .mozilla folder and copying the libflashplayer.so file into it the problem was solved.
Thank you.
Rinus