Install flashplayer

The following instructions are meant for the FreekBox 2 or FreekBox 3

Browse to http://www.macromedia.com

click on download flash player (as of this date, in the Shortcuts box)

click the download now button (You have read the user agreement, right?)

save to disk, hopefully in an easy to recognize place like /home/<yourusername>

open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t)

type tar -zxvf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz (you may have to cd to the correct directory first). This should result in a series of filenames being typed on the screen as the package is extracted. If it does not, make sure you are in the right directory.

optional -- become root. if you are root, flash will be installed for all users, otherwise it will only be installed for you.

enter cd install_flash_player_7_linux

enter ./flashplayer-installer

follow the prompts. When it asks what browser to install it for, select m or a

for the root install, the path for firefox is /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox

you should now have flash installed on your freekbox. Open a browser and go to http://www.macromedia.com to test it.