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Raccoon1400

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-04-14

Posts: 853

Flash player[SOLVED]

Can I install flash on 64 bit, or do I need gnash. If I need gnash, were is the file for the firefox plugin? I looked, but couldn't find it.

Last edited by Raccoon1400 (2008-04-19 21:20:14)

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bender02

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Registered: 2007-02-04

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Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … _on_Arch64
or gnash (don't know where the plugin file is) or swfdec.

Raccoon1400

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From: Ontario, Canada

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Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

Thanks. I didn't see that before.

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Raccoon1400

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Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

I follow these instructions and it tells me pkgbuild doesn't exist.

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RR_Fang

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From: São Carlos - SP / Brasil

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 9

Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

nspluginwrapper-ubuntu (or even plain nspluginwrapper)+ nspluginwrapper-flash from AUR works like a charm once you have installed all dependencies (lib32 compatibility packages). Building with ABS isn't hard, download the PKGBUILDs from the links above,  then follow the wiki page linked by bender02 and you will be safe. Be sure to run " nspluginwrapper -v -a -i " after install

Or... An easier, truly open approach: swfdec ("pacman -S swfdec-mozilla") or gnash ("pacman -S gnash" ?)

Last edited by RR_Fang (2008-04-18 21:29:51)

Raccoon1400

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-04-14

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Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

I would use gnash, but it doesn't work with facebook.

Now, I can't even get makepkg to work.
I follow the instructions, cd to the directory of the extracted rmp, and it says pkgbuild doesn't exist. The same happened with packages I got from AUR.

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Raccoon1400

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Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

I realized I needed to create pkgbuild. I do, and get this error.

[duncan@myhost singularity-0.26a]$ cd /home/duncan/Desktop/usr
[duncan@myhost usr]$ makepkg -i
==> ERROR: Install scriptlet (nspluginwrapper.install) does not exist.
[duncan@myhost usr]$

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bender02

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Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg (EDIT: look at the part "Building a Package" - you need to extract the whole tarball you get from AUR, PKGBUILD is not enough)

Last edited by bender02 (2008-04-18 23:50:57)

Raccoon1400

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From: Ontario, Canada

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Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

That's what I did. I downloaded the file and extracted it.

The package was actually an rpm. AUR had an sh script to extract it.

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Raccoon1400

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Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

Okay. I added the necessary file, and then it tells me adobe_eula.txt failed the validity test.
I added this file, and the name is correct. What is the problem?

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ConnorBehan

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From: Long Island NY

Registered: 2007-07-05

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Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

The MD5sum must not be correct. Run "md5sum adobe_eula.txt" and it will give you a big hexadecimal number. In the PKGBUILD, you'll see two lists sources=(<source1>,<source2>,etc) and md5sums=(<md5sum1>,<md5sum2>,etc) where they are in the corresponding order. Just replace whatever false MD5sum was entered for adobe_eula.txt with the correct one you just generated.

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6EA3 F3F3 B908 2632 A9CB E931 D53A 0445 B47A 0DAB
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Raccoon1400

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Re: Flash player[SOLVED]

Thanks. I am slowly getting the hand of arch. Flash works now.

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