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Adobe Flash Player is a plugin that allows browsers such as Firefox to display Flash media on web pages. Flash is often used for animations, videos and games. This article explains how to install Flash.
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When you visit a webpage that uses Flash and the plugin is missing, you will see the message 'A plugin is needed to display this content' for parts of the page that require Flash (if at all):
Follow the steps below to install the latest Flash Player plugin.
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- Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page and download the Flash installer. Caution: Adobe's download page may include a checkbox for optional software (such as Google Chrome or McAfee Security Scan) that is selected by default. If you do not clear the checkbox before downloading, that software will be installed on your computer when you open the Flash installer.
- When the download has finished, close Firefox. Click the Firefox menu and select Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen and select Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu and select Quit.
- Open the Flash installer file you downloaded and follow the instructions.
- Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page and download the Flash installer.
- Click the Firefox menu and select Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen and select Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu and select Quit.
- Open the file you downloaded (i.e. install_flash_player_osx_intel.dmg).
- In the Finder, open the Install Adobe Flash Player.app to run the installer, then follow the installer's instructions.
- Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page.
- When prompted, save the file (i.e. install_flash_player_'version'_linux.'processor'.tar.gz).
- Click the Firefox menu and select Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen and select Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu and select Quit.
- Open a Terminal window (in Gnome, click on the Applications menu, select Accessories, and then select Terminal.)
- In the Terminal window, change to the directory where you saved the file you downloaded (e.g. cd /home/user/Downloads).
- Extract libflashplayer.so from the file you downloaded with the command tar -zxvf install_flash_player_'version'_linux.'processor'.tar.gz.
- As the super user, copy the extracted file, libflashplayer.so, to your Firefox installation directory's plugins sub-directory. For example, if Firefox is installed in /usr/lib/mozilla, use the command sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and then enter your super user password when prompted.
The latest version of the Flash plugin should perform better and crash less often. To check if Flash is up to date, visit Adobe's Flash Player Help page. If it says that Flash needs to be updated, install the latest version manually using the steps in the section above.
See Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems for steps to troubleshoot the Flash plugin.
Install Flash Player Osx Dmg 10.10
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| # |
| include /usr/local/share/luggage/luggage.make |
| TITLE=flash_player |
| REVERSE_DOMAIN=com.example |
| PACKAGE_VERSION='11.3.300.257' |
| URL=http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/install_flash_player_osx.dmg |
| PROXY= |
| PAYLOAD= |
| pack-tmp-AdobeFlashPlayer.pkg |
| pack-lib-prefs-macromedia-settings.sol |
| pack-appsupport-macromedia-mms.cfg |
| pack-script-postflight |
| cleanup |
| l_prefs_macromedia: l_Library_Preferences |
| @sudo mkdir -p ${WORK_D}/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys |
| @sudo chown root:wheel ${WORK_D}/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys |
| @sudo chmod 755 ${WORK_D}/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys |
| l_appsupport_macromedia: l_Library_Application_Support |
| @sudo mkdir -p ${WORK_DIR}/Library/Application Support/Macromedia |
| @sudo chown -Rf root:wheel ${WORK_DIR}/Library/Application Support/Macromedia |
| @sudo chmod 755 ${WORK_DIR}/Library/Application Support/Macromedia |
| pack-appsupport-macromedia-%: % l_appsupport_macromedia |
| @sudo ${CP} -v $< ${WORK_DIR}/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/ |
| @sudo chown -Rf root:wheel ${WORK_DIR}/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/ |
| @sudo chmod -Rf 755 ${WORK_DIR}/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/ |
| pack-lib-prefs-macromedia-%: % l_prefs_macromedia |
| @sudo ditto -V $< ${WORK_D}/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/$< |
| @sudo chown -Rf root:wheel ${WORK_D}/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/ |
| @sudo chmod -Rf 755 ${WORK_D}/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys |
| unbz2-library-prefs-%: %.tar.bz2 l_Library_Preferences |
| @sudo ${TAR} xjf $< -C ${WORK_D}/Library/Preferences |
| @sudo chown -R root:admin ${WORK_D}/Library/Preferences/$(shell echo $< | sed s/.tar.bz2//g) |
| pack-tmp-%: % package_root AdobeFlashPlayer.pkg |
| @sudo mkdir -pv ${WORK_D}/private/tmp |
| @sudo ditto -V $< ${WORK_D}/private/tmp/$< |
| @sudo chown -Rf root:admin ${WORK_D}/private/tmp/$< |
| AdobeFlashPlayer.pkg: Makefile |
| curl -L -o install_flash_player_osx.dmg -x ${PROXY} ${URL} |
| hdiutil mount install_flash_player_osx.dmg -nobrowse -noautoopen -noverify |
| ${DITTO} --noqtn /Volumes/Flash Player/Install Adobe Flash Player.app/Contents/Resources/Adobe Flash Player.pkg AdobeFlashPlayer.pkg |
| cleanup: Makefile |
| rm -Rfv install_flash_player_osx.dmg |
| hdiutil detach /Volumes/Flash Player |
| rm -Rfv AdobeFlashPlayer.pkg |