[kde-linux] FlashPlayer9 for Konqueror

[Frank K]

My error Steve!
The flash9 library is actually installed into /usr/lib/flash-plugin/. 
There is a link to it in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/. On my opensuse10.2 
the RPM created the link with the install. Adobe is consistent between us.
Frank K

Steve O'Neill wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Frank K wrote:
>
>   
>> Thank you Scott,
>> Your instructions worked perfectly. For others interested, I only
>> installed the Adobe RPM as root. That action put libflashplayer.so into
>> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/. Selecting konqueror>Settings>Plugins>New
>> already had the path /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/ as a selection. With that
>> path highlighted, the selection of "Search for new plugins" completed
>> the installation. The URL http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/
>> confirmed the flashplugin installation.
>> Frank K
>>     
>
>
> As another datapoint, I also downloaded the Adobe RPM and installed it on my
> Mandriva system, also as root.  However, it was installed in
> /usr/lib/flash-plugin and was thus not seen by Firefox 2, my default browser.
> However, simply going to the firefox/plugins directory and making a link to
> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so worked perfectly.  Firefox sees the
> plugin and runs fine with it.  My only question is: why does Flash wind up in
> different places?  Are there multiple versions of the RPM at Adobe?
>
> S.
>
>
>   
>> Scott Bicknell wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wed June 6 2007 10:06 pm, Frank K wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hello List,
>>>> How do i install the Adobe flashplayer into Konqueror? I downloaded
>>>> the flash9 tarball and the RPM from Adobe. Firefox is my default web
>>>> browser on my opensuse10.2 system. The RPM installed the flash as a
>>>> Firefox plugin.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> How you solve this problem depends on whether you installed the plugin
>>> as the root user or as a regular user. If you installed it as the root
>>> user, it will be in a system directory. You only need to add this
>>> directory to Konqueror's configuration and have it scan for new
>>> plugins.
>>>
>>> If you installed it as a regular user, the plugin will be found in your
>>> user account (probably in ~/.mozilla/firefox/plugins/). But the same
>>> procedure applies in either case; only the location will change.
>>>
>>> Open Konqueror's configuration dialog and choose the Plugins page. In
>>> the Scan Folders section click the New button. Then either type the
>>> path to the installed plugin or use the Select Folder dialog to find
>>> it. Then click the Scan for New Plugins button and Konqueror will pick
>>> up the flash plugin.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> The unpacked tarball mentions plugin directories that
>>>> don't seem to exist for Konqueror. The Adobe download page is context
>>>> sensitive, but the same page displays with either Firefox or
>>>> Konqueror. Should I post this question on a different list?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Everything is configurable. Even if the Adobe installer insisted on
>>> putting the plugin where no browser on your system would find it, you
>>> could make it work by symlinking it or moving it to a location where
>>> your browsers could find it. But the instructions above should be
>>> sufficient to enable it for Konqueror.
>>>
>>>       
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