flashplayer install

Forum: Multimedia
Topic: flashplayer install
started by: macadavy

Posted by macadavy on May 22 2006,21:25

I'm halfway through a flashplayer install and have been challenged to: "Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape or Opera browser (i.e. /usr/lib/mozilla):
I have DSL 2.4 w/frugal install - Firefox 1.0.6. The correct install path would appear to be: /KNOPPIX/usr/local/firefox/plugins, but this returns error: WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path. Does anyone know what the 'valid installation path' might be on a frugal install?

Posted by roberts on May 23 2006,00:00

Try

/home/dsl/.mozilla/plugins

Posted by macadavy on May 23 2006,03:15

Thanks, roberts. No go. I'm going to give it up. I just discovered v.2.4 has been released so I'm going to upgrade. After that I will attempt to install an update of Firefox to 1.5 and see if its flash installer works. The irony here is that the Mozilla flash installer in DSL-N works just fine!

Posted by roberts on May 23 2006,04:07

I am very confused by your post.
Using the standard firefox v1.06 gtk1 as built into DSL.
Installing flash is trivial. When you first visit a site a small install plugin button appears near the top right hand corner and clicking it installs flash automatically.

It is installed in /home/dsl/.mozilla/plugins

Now, if you are using a firefox extension, or comiled it yourself, or maybe a gtk2 version. I would not know, as I am using what is delivered within the base DSL.

I know some early versions of DSL used /opt/.firefox_plugins
This was when firefox did not support the ~/.mozilla/plugins directory.

Posted by macadavy on May 23 2006,08:26

Thanks again, roberts. As mentioned in my first post, I am using DSL 2.4 w/frugal install - Firefox v.1.0.6 - the standard Firefox that comes with DSL. I wish the flashplayer install was as trivial as you've described, but the plugin installer that pops up when you visit a website that requires flash never worked for me - it just sat there spinning its wheels. Anyway, I must have done something right, (I don't know what) because after a reboot Firefox's about:plugins shows flashplayer is installed & a visit to www.neilyoung.com (which is all flash) proved it was working - go figure. Next challenge is to figure out how & where to save mydsl extensions to the hard drive at shutdown so that they are persistent, rather than never shutting the machine down or re-installing all extensions each time I do - wish me luck!

Posted by botbotdingzip on June 02 2006,05:10

Hey I have 2.1 er maybe 2.2 frugal installed with permanent /opt and /home etc. I forget how I did it but flash installed just fine pretty much like roberts says. Don't sweat it, just keep trying dude. That Neil Young album is pretty sweet! Flash just installed to the default llocation no problems. Email me if your totally stuck.

To get frugal running sweet... before flash bloatware injection
< ftp://ibiblio.org/pub....wto.pdf >

Posted by macadavy on June 02 2006,19:15

Thanks botbotdingzip, I had no luck not even with manual flash install attempts so switched to DSL-N which uses Mozilla which installed flash no prob. I used clivesay's excellent howto for both frugal installs.
Don't know if you know anything about dual boot installs but now I have this problem:

< Linux dual boot (frugal) install >

p.s. Glad you enjoyed ol' Shakey's tunes - like me he's from the Great White North, eh?