Difference between revisions of "Install flashplayer"

Revision as of 19:32, 2 December 2004

The following instructions are meant for the Freekbox 2

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 My Files from the desktop

right-click on install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

click extract here -- not all users have this option. You may need to go to a terminal and type tar -zxvf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

click OK in the dialog

close all windows

open a terminal (ctrl+alt+t)

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

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

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 right-click on '''install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz'''
-click '''extract here'''
+click '''extract here''' -- not all users have this option. You may need to go to a terminal and type '''tar -zxvf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz'''
 click '''OK''' in the dialog