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Re: Flash proplem

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On 03/13/2017 07:00 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
> On 14/03/17 10:58, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
>> I un-installed gnash and I no longer have any flash in Plugins and the
>> adobe page stated it needed a plugin to use it.  I also re-installed
>> flash-nonfree but still no reading in Plugins.
>
> What is the output of:
>
> ls -al /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/
total 52
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Mar 13 17:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 203 root root 45056 Mar 13 17:53 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1691 Jun 22  2014 pubkey.asc

>
> I also just tried purging and reinstalling, both with 3.6 (jessie 
> package) and 3.7 (sid), and found them to be horribly broken. The 
> problem is that, when Adobe updates the plugin, the 
> flashplugin-nonfree installation process is broken until the 
> maintainer Bart Martens updates some remote configuration files to 
> enable the new version.
>
> I was able to get it working with the following manual installation of 
> the Adobe .tar.gz. I use this method because it is what the 
> flashplugin-nonfree installer does, and I hope that when the package 
> installer is working, my manual installation will be compatible. I 
> hope that this approach minimises mess.
>
> Download page:
> https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>
> Download the .tar.gz (should be the same as this link):
> https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/?installer=FP_24.0_for_Linux_64-bit_(.tar.gz)_-_NPAPI&sType=5504&standalone=1 
>
>
> For the next steps, you need to be root.
>
> Extract the library (change the path to where you downloaded the 
> .tar.gz):
>
> tar zxfO /path/to/flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz 
> libflashplayer.so > /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
>
> Fix permissions:
>
> chmod 644 /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
>
> Register the plugin:
>
> update-alternatives --quiet --install 
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so flash-mozilla.so 
> /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so 50
>
> Now see if it works in Tools / Add-ons / Plugins and:
> http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
>
> For future manual updates, only the tar command is required.
>
> Kind regards,
>
When I tried the above I got this message
tar zxf0 
/usr/maureen/Downloads/to/flash_player_npapi_linux.x86_64.tar.gz 
libflashplayer.so > /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
tar: Options '-[0-7][lmh]' not supported by *this* tar
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.

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Flash proplem Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> - 2017-03-12 21:10 +0100
  Re: Flash proplem Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-03-12 23:10 +0100
    Re: Flash proplem Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-03-13 22:10 +0100
      Re: Flash proplem Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> - 2017-03-13 23:00 +0100
        Re: Flash proplem Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-03-14 00:10 +0100
          Re: Flash proplem Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> - 2017-03-14 00:30 +0100
        Re: Flash proplem Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> - 2017-03-14 00:40 +0100
          Re: Flash proplem Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-03-14 02:30 +0100

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