How to Install the Adobe Flash Plugin for Linux
The Adobe Flash Player for Linux is a software package that offers more proficient memory capabilities and performs ten times faster than other systems. Hence, a smoother, more detailed video play is achieved on a computer with this download. Also, games and videos will run smoother with fewer stop/start glitches. The Adobe Flash Player for Linux installation process on a 56K modem should take about four minutes. Read on to learn more.
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Instructions
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Go to the Adobe webpage and press "Get Adobe Flash Player."
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Choose to download the .tar.gz file or .rpm file, depending on the type of file you want loaded onto you computer: the .tar.gz file consists of compressed data to save disk space while the .rpm file is not. The .tar.gz file runs the risk of suffering a corruption of information within it because it is compressed. However, the .tar.gz file is a good one-size-fits-all file for several systems.
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Save the .tar.gz file to your preferred location on the computer. The desktop is one if the safest, surest locations to place the downloaded file.
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Open the .tar.gz packaged file.
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Find the directory that reads: install_flash_player_9_linux.
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Use a script to download the plug-in to the computer. Type into the box the following: ./flashplayer-installer. Press Enter. To download and install the .rpm file, type in :# rpm -Uvh .rpm_package_file. You must enter this as a root user.
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Close all Internet windows.
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Ensure that the download was successful by starting your browser and going to the Help option, then on to the About Plug-ins option.
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