Saturday, March 21, 2009

How to install Flash player 10 on Fedora 9 and Fedora 10

Short guide to install Flash player 10 on Fedora 9:

On 32-bit:
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ sudo rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ sudo yum install flash-plugin
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v

On 64-bit:
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ sudo rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ sudo yum install nspluginwrapper.{i386,x86_64} pulseaudio-lib.i386
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ sudo yum install flash-plugin
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v

restart firefox and enjoy ;)

tip: if you experience any problems with the sound, install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio, restart firefox and try again:
[edward@spoiltspace.co.uk ~]$ sudo yum install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i386

let me know how it goes…

-Abhiz

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