So the day has finally arrived, we have a flash 9 beta. Probably not recommended for most users, but if you are like me, you have been dying for this.
- Step 1
- Download the flashplayer 9 archive: click here
- Step 2
- From the command line run:
- tar xvfz FP9_plugin_beta_101806.tar.gz
- Step 3
- Copy the plugin to the plugins directory
- cd flash-player-plugin-9.0.21.55/
- sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
- Step 4
- Restart browser and visit the previously forbidden sites
Disclaimer: As per comments on my previous posts, almost everything I explain how to do on my blog is not “correct” and may blow up your system. It is not the proper way, apt won’t know about it, and you may lose your first born. Good luck.
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#1 by Aigars Mahinovs on October 19, 2006 - 3:22 pm
You might want to remove previosely installed Flash plugins first.
#2 by Sander Dijkhuis on October 19, 2006 - 3:56 pm
You can also copy libflashplayer.so to ~/.mozilla/plugins/ instead of /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. That might be a little bit safer, so you’ll have less chance of blowing up your system.
#3 by Don McArthur on October 19, 2006 - 3:59 pm
Hmmm… /usr/lib/firefox/plugins, and it seems to work fine on my Dapper Drake.
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#4 by jldugger on October 19, 2006 - 7:23 pm
/usr/lib/mozilla/ ?
Most probably want it in /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/ or /usr/lib/firefox/.
At least in edgy, the original instructions failed. Maybe because eclipse depended on an actual mozilla browser rather than firefox.
#5 by thebluesgnr on October 19, 2006 - 7:41 pm
Dependencies include libasound2-dev and libssl-dev. If you install them some features (like sound) may not work.
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#6 by Jim on October 20, 2006 - 5:14 pm
I tried
sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
And it updated other Mozilla browsers like Opera, but FireFox still had ver 7. So then I did:
sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins
and now FireFox has Flash 9 goodies.