Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Flash video streaming- dependencies: +bzip2,+cairo,+fontconfig,+freetype,+glib,+libnspr4,+libnss3,+libnssutil3,+pango,+pcre,+pixman,+libplc4,+libplds4,+libsmime3,+libssl3
- Adobe Flash Player 11.2 will be the last version to target Linux as a supported platform. Adobe will continue to provide security backports to Flash Player 11.2 for Linux.
- verify installed version (requires javascript enabled)
- for full functionality ensure that the Web browser's JavaScript setting is enabled:
- SeaMonkey: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Scripts & Plug-ins > Enable JavaScript for Browser
- Opera: Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Content > Enable JavaScript
- Firefox: Edit > Preferences > Content > Enable JavaScript
ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
- also on the Wiki:
- FlashExtractor - view and manipulate Flash files
- Gnash - Alternative Flash Player
- related Webpages:
- GetFlash app thread - installs flash
- flashplayer-10.3.xxx pet (for older hardware) thread
- http://lwn.net/Articles/346389/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=Adobe+Flash+Player
- http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA2MDc
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/adobe-abandons-linux/10418
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