Installing Flash from RPM
CONVENTIONS USED

It seems that many people can't get Macromedia's Flash plugins to work with the most popular web browsers, such as Galeon, Mozilla, Netscape, and Konqueror. I have created an RPM that should aid those people in this dilema, as well as provide an quick, easy, and convenient way for others to install the Flash plugin in Linux. Please note that this is largely untested on platforms other than x86, as well as with Konqueror, although it did work for me. Note that you will need to have kdebase-nsplugins installed. If you are unsure, run urpmi kdebase-nsplugins as root in a console, or use RpmDrake to install it.

First, you must download the RPM. Here is the link: mozilla-flash-5.0r51-1tex.i586.rpm (570K)

Save it in your home directory.

Open your home directory in Konqueror, and then press CTRL+T to open a console.

Now type in su and hit Enter to switch to the root user. Enter the password when it prompts for it, and then press Enter.

Now type in rpm -Uvh mozilla-flash-5.0r51-1tex.i586.rpm and then press Enter.

Once the process is done, you will be returned to a command prompt, so you can now close the console window.

Flash is now installed! To test it out, I recommend that you go here: Windows RG - Microsoft's secret weapon against Linux.

If there are any problems, or if you can confirm that it works properly with Konqueror and other architectures, please contact me.


© D. Olson 2001-2003 -- Originally found on The Mandrake eXPerience