Downloaded flash player, extracted, and ???

[nooxmystuff]

Well i did all mentioned above, and then I saw a tutorial telling me to:

sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so

I dont know if the directory is right since it's on my desktop....

What do I do?

[nooxmystuff]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

by the way, i tried copying the files to the plugin files in mozilla and it said access denied

[DMurray]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-90106.html

[nooxmystuff]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

i tried to follow that, and when i get to this command:

sudo gedit /etc/pango32/pangorc

creating the file^, it says command not found.....

I'm on 7.04 Feisty Fawn if it makes a difference

[Snowhog]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

Well i did all mentioned above, and then I saw a tutorial telling me to:

sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so

I dont know if the directory is right since it's on my desktop....

What do I do?

Open a Linux Console and type the command:

sudo cp ~/Desktop/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so

This will copy the file you downloaded onto your Desktop to the intended directory.

[nooxmystuff]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

cp: cannot stat `/home/people/Desktop/libflashplayer.so': No such file or directory

[Snowhog]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

cp: cannot stat `/home/people/Desktop/libflashplayer.so': No such file or directory

Then the file isn't on your Desktop. When you open Koqueror, where is the file located? What directory from the URL line is showing when you find the file?

[nooxmystuff]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

/home/people

then the files name is install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

sorry, i said it was on my desktop, cuz well there's an icon on my desktop for it

[Snowhog]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

Sorry for the delay - had to attend to business.

The file you are now identifying is not the file you have been instructed to copy into the specified directory. install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz is the zipped file that you originally downloaded. Have you actually extracted this files contents yet? if you have not, then none of the instructions you are trying to follow as to copying specified files (from this zipped file) are going to work.

[nooxmystuff]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

sorry i think i gave you the other one i tried before this...

the location is,

/home/people/Desktop/Install_flash_player_9_linux

then in that the file libflashplayer.so and the others are in there

[Snowhog]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

Just so I know that I'm on the same page, are you trying to follow these instructions:

Save the .tar.gz file to your desktop.
tar -xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
sudo mv install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/
sudo mv install_flash_player_9_linux/flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/
rm install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
rm -rf install_flash_player_9_linux


There are cases that plugins reside in /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/
- validate if you are using link that is pointing to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/ instead of /usr/lib/firefox/plugins

cd /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/
ls -las
flashplayer.xpt -> ../../flashplugin-nonfree/flashplayer.xpt
libflashplayer.so -> ../../flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so

Copy libflashplayer.so and flashplayer.xpt to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/
sudo cp install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/
sudo cp install_flash_player_9_linux/flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/

[nooxmystuff]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

dude i dont even know... i just wanna install flash, lol.... im so confused, as this is my second day, and stuff is still not making sense

[Snowhog]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

Don't fret. All of us were once new to Linux - even Mr. Penquin himself.

I would suggest, as would others here in the forum, that you slow down 'just a bit,' and get used to the system you have installed. Learn how it works. Make notes of what you observe and what you would like to do. Then, begin searching this forum as well as Google. Ask questions before you leap into the deep end. Your Linux experience will be less fraught with exasperation and frustration. Things will go slower, but then as I've always told my coworkers and customers:

"It takes less time to take the time to do it right the first time, than it does to fix it the second time."

Hang in there. Linux is cool, and there are a lot of people out there (and in here) who are willing and able to help you.

[nooxmystuff]

Re: Downloaded flash player, extracted, and

thanks for the inspirational monologue ...... it makes me feel human again 8)