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= Flash 64-bit (native) Installation HowTo =
This is not needed. Please, visit Fedora's official [[Flash]] HowTo.
 
This HowTo covers the Flash 64-bit native plugin installation on Fedora 10.
 
{{Admon/important | Be aware that, at the moment of the writing of this HowTo, the Flash 10 plugin is in alpha development state; don't expect it to work perfectly and try to contribute a bit with bug reporting at their bug management site; at: [http://bugs.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Adobe Bug and Issue Management System] }}
 
The installation instructions have been interpreted from: [http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes_64bit.html Adobe Labs' Linux 64-bit Alpha Release Notes]
 
== System Requirements ==
 
* Fedora 10 (others untested)
* Firefox
 
== Procedure ==
 
=== Remove all previous Flash installations ===
 
<pre>
[renich@introdesk ~]$ su -c 'yum remove flash-plugin'
</pre>
 
=== Remove nspluginwrapper ===
 
Since nspluginwrapper is said to degrade performance [http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes_64bit.html#known (known issues)], we must remove it.
 
<pre>
[renich@introdesk ~]$ su -c 'yum remove flash-plugin'
</pre>
 
=== Download the plugin ===
 
At the time of the writting of this HowTo, you can download the plugin from [http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html here]. Please visit [http://labs.adobe.com/ Adobe Labs] for more information.
 
=== Extract it ===
 
<pre>
[renich@introdesk Download]$ tar -xzf libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
</pre>
 
=== Move it into place ===
 
If you want to install it for personal use or you don't have access to root privileges, just copy it into your home directory's .mozilla/plugins directory. Create if if necesary.
 
<pre>
[renich@introdesk Download]$ mkdir -p ~/.mozilla/plugins && mv libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins
</pre>
 
If you want to enable Flash 10 globaly, you can install it on the /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins directory.
 
<pre>
[renich@introdesk Download]$ su -c 'mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins'
</pre>
 
== Testing ==
 
Open Firefox and go to your favorite Flash-enabled site for a test.
 
== Troubleshooting ==
 
Please, be sure to follow the steps located at: [http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes_64bit.html#install Flash Player's Installation Notes]
 
== References ==
 
* http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes_64bit.html
* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash

Revision as of 07:43, 3 June 2011

This is not needed. Please, visit Fedora's official Flash HowTo.