where do i find flash 7 linux?

Forum: Multimedia
Topic: where do i find flash 7 linux?
started by: tjwoosta

Posted by tjwoosta on April 14 2008,02:38

first i just want to say that i realize this has probly been covered many times, but ive been reading all the posts i can about flash and i cant seem to find any that will clear this up for me.

so i just did a harddrive install of dsl 4.2.5 on a really old computer that i had sitting in the basement.

the first thing i noticed is that i need flash, so i decided to check this forum.
after some reading i discovered that flash 9 wont work with dsl and i found this thread with a link to get flash 7
< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=18628 >
i actuall think its the next thread down from this in the multimedia section

anyway after going to the link i found a version of flash 7 but it appears to be a windows version in .zip format
(is this actually the one im looking for or is there another flash 7 somewhere in .tar.gz format)

also before i even go through all the trouble what can flash 7 do and what cant it do, for instance can i watch youtube with it?

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on April 14 2008,03:26

Quote (tjwoosta @ April 13 2008,22:38)

anyway after going to the link i found a version of flash 7 but it appears to be a windows version in .zip format
(is this actually the one im looking for or is there another flash 7 somewhere in .tar.gz format)

You can use unzip or some other compatible program.

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also before i even go through all the trouble what can flash 7 do and what cant it do, for instance can i watch youtube with it?

afaik, yes

Posted by tjwoosta on April 14 2008,07:04

hey thanks for the help

i got the flash 7 linux .tar.gz file and i unziped it and followed the instructions that were in teh link i posted before, and all seemed to work.
after the installation i tried firefox and it still seems like i dont have flash

one thing i did notice when i installed flashis that i got this message

Code Sample

NOTE: Please ask your administrator to remove the xpti.dat from the components directory of the Mozilla or Netscape browser

i dont know if this is what my problem is or not but if it is where do i find it?
ive looked all through the .mozilla file and i cant find any components directory

Posted by tjwoosta on April 15 2008,00:32

well i just found a site to test what version of flash i have and it said i do have flash7 linux installed

so just to let you guys know flash7 does not work to play vidoes on youtube

Posted by kerry on April 15 2008,01:49

what flash 7 no youtube?

try typing about:plugins in your browser address bar to see your plugins. you most likely did not install it right, i know flash 7 works, i used it not more than a week ago.

Posted by jpeters on April 15 2008,07:01

flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so should be in the .mozilla/plugins directory. You might try loading an updated version of FF. It should work fine with youtube.

Posted by tjwoosta on April 15 2008,18:39

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what flash 7 no youtube?

try typing about:plugins in your browser address bar to see your plugins. you most likely did not install it right, i know flash 7 works, i used it not more than a week ago.

well i did about:plugins and it says i have
application/x-shockwave-flash (shockwave flash)
and
application/futuresplash (FutureSplash Player)
and they both say Enabled

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flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so should be in the .mozilla/plugins directory. You might try loading an updated version of FF. It should work fine with youtube.

yes i checked the .mozilla/plugins directory and it says i have both flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so

how do i go about getting an updated version of firefox?
right now i have version 1.0.6 that came with DSL 4.2.5
should this version work?

Posted by jpeters on April 16 2008,07:06

Check in the UCI extensions; I'm currently using 1.5

Posted by tjwoosta on April 16 2008,17:08

thanks, i just installed version 2 and youtube as well as many other sites work great now