-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [snip] >>>> I unpacked the file install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz and installed it >>>> with: >>>> $ ./flashplayer-installer >>>> >>>> . Now it seems all right. > > >> Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> Now that is not something I can understand. Why would you want to >>> install flash 7, when flash 9 is available? I can understand using a >>> free alternative, but if one is willing to use the proprietary stuff, >>> then why use an old version that will only work with some sites when >>> they could use a new version that works with almost all of them? > > >> Well, just because the `install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz' tarball was >> already >> on my hard disk: I must have downloaded it some time ago. The new version is >> downloadable from: > >> >> http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Linux > >> . Cheers, >> Rodolfo > > > > You don't have to download the tarball. You just type the command that > was given earlier in this thread by Andrew J. Barr, which is: > > aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree > > or > > apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree > > or > > search for it in your favorite GUI package manager. > > Of course for this to work, one must have the non-free repositories > active in their /etc/apt/sources.list file, but that is trivial. > > It is always better to use real Debian packages than installing > tarballs, but sometimes there is no choice. In that case, checkinstall > comes in quite handy.
Note that my previous message (which is quoted here) is purely for the archive. I should have mentioned that, but I hit the send button too soon. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGM2xxiXBCVWpc5J4RAsPQAJ906ahRbpro8IBmqzGXdqN0Ejr7WQCgnbMa YnTYryW9pAjtv77kcs6nZvY= =Hs+Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
