Installing flash-plugin_10.0.12.36-1 in Linux Opera 9.62
Felix Karpfen
After consulting "http://www.opera.com/linux/docs/plugins/", I
downloaded the ".rpm" version of Adobe's flash-plugin_10.0.12.36-1 and
successfully converted it to the ".deb" file by using "alien".
Is there anything else of which I should be aware before I install the
.deb file?.
All advice will be gratefully received.
Felix Karpfen
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Timothy Daniels
>I (currently) run Linux Opera 9.62 in a Debian Etch environment.
>
> After consulting "http://www.opera.com/linux/docs/plugins/", I
> downloaded the ".rpm" version of Adobe's flash-plugin_10.0.12.36-1 and
> successfully converted it to the ".deb" file by using "alien".
>
> Is there anything else of which I should be aware before I install the
> .deb file?.
>
> All advice will be gratefully received.
>
> Felix Karpfen
Why didn't you download the .deb file instead of converting a .rpm file?
*TimDaniels*
yunhai
wrote:
> I (currently) run Linux Opera 9.62 in a Debian Etch environment.
>
> After consulting "http://www.opera.com/linux/docs/plugins/", I
> downloaded the ".rpm" version of Adobe's flash-plugin_10.0.12.36-1 and
> successfully converted it to the ".deb" file by using "alien".
>
> Is there anything else of which I should be aware before I install the
> .deb file?.
>
> All advice will be gratefully received.
>
> Felix Karpfen
>
>
Also Debian Etch here, failed to install flashplayer10 .deb for
ubuntu8.04+, some newer lib versions are needed, but I am not willing to
upgrade them all until Debian Lenny.
Have tries the tar.gz package too, the installer inside only install
flash-plugin for browsers, that is fine. However, Opera
can not recognize the "libflashplayer.so" it installed, pain!
Both .deb and tar.gz are available on Adobe website
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ .
Hope you good luck!
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Christian Hoeller
>> I (currently) run Linux Opera 9.62 in a Debian Etch environment.
>>
>> After consulting "http://www.opera.com/linux/docs/plugins/", I
>> downloaded the ".rpm" version of Adobe's flash-plugin_10.0.12.36-1 and
>> successfully converted it to the ".deb" file by using "alien".
>>
>> Is there anything else of which I should be aware before I install the
>> .deb file?.
> Also Debian Etch here, failed to install flashplayer10 .deb for
> ubuntu8.04+, some newer lib versions are needed, but I am not willing to
> upgrade them all until Debian Lenny.
,-[ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=72&catid=675&threadid=1392768&enterthread=y ]
| [...]
| The Flash Player 10 Linux version is now compiled using
| -fstack-protector for security reasons. This feature requires
| glibc-2.4 or newer. You have no choice but to upgrade your system
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| or stick with Flash Player 9 on that system.
| [...]
`----
Etch uses Glibc 2.3. But Adobe already reacts and patched Flash
Player *9*:
,-[ http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb406791&sliceId=2 ]
| Flash Player 9 for Unsupported Operating Systems
| [...]
| We realize that, in some cases, there is not only a desire but a
| necessity to run Flash Player on an unsupported machine. In this
| situation, we recommend installing the latest Flash Player available for
| your operating system (Flash Player 9.0.151.0) to take advantage of the
| most recent security and stability updates to Flash Player 9.
| [...]
`----
Ciao,
Christian
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Felix Karpfen
> yunhai wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:53:46 +0800, Felix Karpfen <fel...@webone.com.au>
>> wrote:
>
>>> I (currently) run Linux Opera 9.62 in a Debian Etch environment.
>>>
>>> After consulting "http://www.opera.com/linux/docs/plugins/", I
>>> downloaded the ".rpm" version of Adobe's flash-plugin_10.0.12.36-1 and
>>> successfully converted it to the ".deb" file by using "alien".
>>>
>>> Is there anything else of which I should be aware before I install the
>>> .deb file?.
>
>> Also Debian Etch here, failed to install flashplayer10 .deb for
>> ubuntu8.04+, some newer lib versions are needed, but I am not willing to
>> upgrade them all until Debian Lenny.
I posted the query because I had a feeling that the story was not so
simple - despite the fact that running a simulated "dpkg install" on the
created .deb file gave a clean bill of health! I too am unwilling to
upgrade to Debian Lenny.
SNIP
>
>| stick with Flash Player 9 on that system.
>| [...]
> `----
No problem in sticking with Flash Player 9 - if it is still available!
Perhaps the Opera team could be persuaded to provide additional details
and caveats in their plugin help file. :-(
My thanks to all who were good enough to share their experiences with
Flash Player 10.