no flash

[distrodude]

Nice to see a refreshing new face on the block, but we need to have flash.. any ideas

[maat]

You can get flash on Adobe web site : http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Choose .rpm or .tar.gz, download it and install it.

Later i guess we'll find a way to install it with urpmi... but at alpha2 stage it's a little bit early imho

(Packagers would be able to give a more accurate point of view but now this is all i can say)

[segfault]

For 64 bit flash you can download it from here: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html
After you download the archive, extract it and place the resulting file (libflashplayer.so) in the folder where your browser can find it. That's all.

[rom1dep]

For 64 bit flash you can download it from here: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html
After you download the archive, extract it and place the resulting file (libflashplayer.so) in the folder where your browser can find it. That's all.

and your browser will probably look into this generic path :

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/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

in case of a 64 bits install, I installed mine this way :
→Got flash 64 bundled as tar.gz from adobe.com
→Extracted to /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/
→symlinked to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
It works well for firefox4 x86_64

[obgr_seneca]

Using the rpm from adobe (32 or 64 bit, whatever you need) should work. As you may know, flash is proprietary and we can't redistribute it so easily.
But I'm sure, we will find some way...

As you may have noticed as well, Mageia is still alpha, so don't expect it to be a stable distro, containing all the software you like. Just wait or better: help!

Oliver

[ohan]

Hello,
FYI... with chromium and chrome, flash player is included.
http://solsie.com/2010/06/new-chrome-br ... -included/

[wobo]

Are you sure? The page only talks about Chrome, not Chromium.

[rom1dep]

Hello,
FYI... with chromium and chrome, flash player is included.
http://solsie.com/2010/06/new-chrome-br ... -included/

False, flash is only included with (the proprietary) chrome browser.

But in fact it's only a lib to link so you can easily grab it from a chrome build and use it with chromium.

Anyway this is a wrong approach to me because non standard.

[ahmad]

For 64 bit flash you can download it from here: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html
After you download the archive, extract it and place the resulting file (libflashplayer.so) in the folder where your browser can find it. That's all.

and your browser will probably look into this generic path :

Code: Select all

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

in case of a 64 bits install, I installed mine this way :
→Got flash 64 bundled as tar.gz from adobe.com
→Extracted to /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/
→symlinked to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
It works well for firefox4 x86_64

FWIW, I wouldn't symlink it in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/, because 32bit firefox (and other 32bit web browsers) will look for plugins there and thy won't be able to use the 64bit libflashplayer.so

[rom1dep]

For 64 bit flash you can download it from here: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html
After you download the archive, extract it and place the resulting file (libflashplayer.so) in the folder where your browser can find it. That's all.

and your browser will probably look into this generic path :

Code: Select all

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

in case of a 64 bits install, I installed mine this way :
→Got flash 64 bundled as tar.gz from adobe.com
→Extracted to /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/
→symlinked to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
It works well for firefox4 x86_64

FWIW, I wouldn't symlink it in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/, because 32bit firefox (and other 32bit web browsers) will look for plugins there and thy won't be able to use the 64bit libflashplayer.so

Yep, I assume you don't use any 32b browser

[wobo]

Yep, I assume you don't use any 32b browser

Who does on a 64-bit system?

[ahmad]

Yep, I assume you don't use any 32b browser :)

Who does on a 64-bit system?

Some users who don't want the overhead of 64bit browser; or if they have a 32bit-only plugin and don't want to use nspluginwrapper. (And just for the sake of neatness, I wouldn't symlink a 64bit plugin in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins). :)