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paulie1984

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Registered: 2008-07-13

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Flash install help :(

Hi, Im having some trouble installing flash and nsplugin. Here is what I did so far.

pacman -Sy --asdeps gtk2 lib32-atk lib32-cairo lib32-expat lib32-fontconfig lib32-freetype2 lib32-gcc-libs \
  lib32-glib2 lib32-glibc lib32-gtk2 lib32-libice lib32-libpng lib32-libsm lib32-libx11 lib32-libxau \
  lib32-libxcb lib32-libxcursor lib32-libxext lib32-libxfixes lib32-libxft lib32-libxi lib32-libxinerama \
  lib32-libxmu lib32-libxrandr lib32-libxrender lib32-libxt lib32-pango lib32-pcre lib32-zlib libxt \
  util-linux-ng lib32-alsa-lib lib32-libxdamage lib32-libstdc++5 rpmextract

I also downloaded both of these tarballz
nspluginwrapper
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=6217&O=0&L=0&C=0&K=nspluginwrapper&SB=n&SO=a&PP=25&do_MyPackages=0&do_Orphans=0&SeB=nd
nspluginwrapper-flash
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=6232&O=0&L=0&C=0&K=nspluginwrapper&SB=n&SO=a&PP=25&do_MyPackages=0&do_Orphans=0&SeB=nd

I have the tarballz on my desktop, but now what? when I enter makepkg --asroot It tells me there is no Package. How and where do I extract the tars? and after that what do I do? the arch beginners guide is what im reading, but it's doesnt give enough information on what to do in this area. I just want flash to work lol.

Here is a SS:

skottish

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Re: Flash install help :(

Welcome to the forums.

It looks as if you're half way through the guide. The next part says:

Download the tarball from each page, and extract both into separate folders. It helps to not do this as root, because it makes deleting the leftover files harder. Go into the folder that you extract nspluginwrapper into, open a command line and type in:

From there follow the instructions. It will tell you what to do next.

Last edited by skottish (2008-07-13 21:42:48)

paulie1984

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Registered: 2008-07-13

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Re: Flash install help :(

Why is it that when I go to terminal and type in pacman -S flashplugin, I get an error saying not found in Sync db. It will say that even if I pacman -Syu. Theres got to be a way to solve this...

skottish

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Re: Flash install help :(

Why is it that when I go to terminal and type in pacman -S flashplugin, I get an error saying not found in Sync db. It will say that even if I pacman -Syu. Theres got to be a way to solve this...

You're on 64 bit, right? It's not in the 64 bit repos because there is no 64 bit Flash. That's why all the lib32 and nspluginwrapper stuff.

Reread the section "Installing the Packages". If you get stuck, come back and one of us will help.

lucke

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Re: Flash install help :(

flashplugin is only in the i686 repos, not x86_64.

You got to follow that wiki guide to make it work on x86_64.

wonder

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Re: Flash install help :(

my advice is: DO NOT USE ROOT ON DE . add an user and then add it to the right groups

Last edited by wonder (2008-07-14 08:14:30)

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paulie1984

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Re: Flash install help :(

So I am supposed to extract the nspluggin, go into the folder where I extracted it to via terminal cd? I dont understand what im doing wrong, heres a SS.

skottish

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Re: Flash install help :(

There's still something wrong here. You shouldn't have a folder called nspluginwrapper-1.0.0 unless you've extracted the official binary.

Go to:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6217

and on the far left hand side in the middle of the page select the link "tarball". Download and extract that to build. Then if you want Flash 9, do the same for here:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6232

or Flash 10 Beta:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18302

Last edited by skottish (2008-07-13 22:57:39)

paulie1984

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Re: Flash install help :(

Ok, I just downloaded those tarballz. Now what am I supposed to type in console to build the package? I tried to "cd nspluginwrapper.tar.gz" but I got a bash error saying no such directory.

skottish

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Re: Flash install help :(

You need to untar both of those. Personally I use bsdtar:

bsdtar -x -f nspluginwrapper

bsdtar -x -f nspluginwrapper-flash

Then cd into nspluginwrapper and run makepkg.

By the way, what wonder said, and what makepkg told you is good advice: set up a user account instead of running under root.

paulie1984

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Registered: 2008-07-13

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Re: Flash install help :(

Oh boy, this is weird. When I type those commands in I get an error saying "bsdtar: Failed to set default locale" "bsdtar: error opening archive: Failed to open nspluginwrapper: no such directory or file.

skottish

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Re: Flash install help :(

Oh boy, this is weird. When I type those commands in I get an error saying "bsdtar: Failed to set default locale" "bsdtar: error opening archive: Failed to open nspluginwrapper: no such directory or file.

Would you post another screen shot of your desktop please?

paulie1984

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Registered: 2008-07-13

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Re: Flash install help :(

Sure thing, thanks for helping .

skottish

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Re: Flash install help :(

First off, it looks like you may not have your locale set. I think that's why you're getting strange results. Search the wiki or the forum for how to fix that; I'm running out of time here.

Second, nspluginwrapper is a folder on your desktop. It's unpacked. You can now enter it and run makepkg for that part. After makepkg, install according to the wiki.

After that you can do the same for nspluginwrapper (which isn't unpacked yet). Follow the instructions in the wiki for that also.

If bsdtar isn't playing nice, you can use the instructions according to the wiki. I can never remember how to untar things off the top of my head using the other tools.

paulie1984

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Re: Flash install help :(

EDIT: NVM, Can some one just tell me how to uninstall nsplugin/flash. Then I need to remove gnash. Im going to use pacman -S swfdec.

Last edited by paulie1984 (2008-07-14 00:54:37)

paulie1984

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Re: Flash install help :(

bump.

Stythys

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Re: Flash install help :(

to uninstall a package use 'pacman -R <package>'

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