Installing flash-plugin_10.0.12.36-1 in Linux Opera 9.62

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:53:46 +0800, Felix Karpfen <felixk.DeleteThis@webone.com.au>
wrote:

> I (currently) run Linux Opera 9.62 in a Debian Etch environment.
>
> After consulting "http://www.opera.com/linux/docs/plugins/", I
> downloaded the ".rpm" version of Adobe's flash-plugin_10.0.12.36-1 and
> successfully converted it to the ".deb" file by using "alien".
>
> Is there anything else of which I should be aware before I install the
> .deb file?.
>
> All advice will be gratefully received.
>
> Felix Karpfen
>
>
Also Debian Etch here, failed to install flashplayer10 .deb for
ubuntu8.04+, some newer lib versions are needed, but I am not willing to
upgrade them all until Debian Lenny.

Have tries the tar.gz package too, the installer inside only install
flash-plugin for browsers, that is fine. However, Opera
can not recognize the "libflashplayer.so" it installed, pain!

Both .deb and tar.gz are available on Adobe website
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ .

Hope you good luck!

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yunhai wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:53:46 +0800, Felix Karpfen <felixk DeleteThis @webone.com.au>
> wrote:

>> I (currently) run Linux Opera 9.62 in a Debian Etch environment.
>>
>> After consulting "http://www.opera.com/linux/docs/plugins/", I
>> downloaded the ".rpm" version of Adobe's flash-plugin_10.0.12.36-1 and
>> successfully converted it to the ".deb" file by using "alien".
>>
>> Is there anything else of which I should be aware before I install the
>> .deb file?.

> Also Debian Etch here, failed to install flashplayer10 .deb for
> ubuntu8.04+, some newer lib versions are needed, but I am not willing to
> upgrade them all until Debian Lenny.

,-[ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=7...atid=67 ]
| [...]
| The Flash Player 10 Linux version is now compiled using
| -fstack-protector for security reasons. This feature requires
| glibc-2.4 or newer. You have no choice but to upgrade your system
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| or stick with Flash Player 9 on that system.
| [...]
`----

Etch uses Glibc 2.3. But Adobe already reacts and patched Flash
Player *9*:

,-[ http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb406791&sliceId=2 ]
| Flash Player 9 for Unsupported Operating Systems
| [...]
| We realize that, in some cases, there is not only a desire but a
| necessity to run Flash Player on an unsupported machine. In this
| situation, we recommend installing the latest Flash Player available for
| your operating system (Flash Player 9.0.151.0) to take advantage of the
| most recent security and stability updates to Flash Player 9.
| [...]
`----


Ciao,
Christian

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On 2008-11-10, Christian Hoeller <spam-nirvana.TakeThisOut@news.linux-drivers.org> wrote:
> yunhai wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:53:46 +0800, Felix Karpfen <felixk.TakeThisOut@webone.com.au>
>> wrote:
>
>>> I (currently) run Linux Opera 9.62 in a Debian Etch environment.
>>>
>>> After consulting "http://www.opera.com/linux/docs/plugins/", I
>>> downloaded the ".rpm" version of Adobe's flash-plugin_10.0.12.36-1 and
>>> successfully converted it to the ".deb" file by using "alien".
>>>
>>> Is there anything else of which I should be aware before I install the
>>> .deb file?.
>
>> Also Debian Etch here, failed to install flashplayer10 .deb for
>> ubuntu8.04+, some newer lib versions are needed, but I am not willing to
>> upgrade them all until Debian Lenny.

I posted the query because I had a feeling that the story was not so
simple - despite the fact that running a simulated "dpkg install" on the
created .deb file gave a clean bill of health! I too am unwilling to
upgrade to Debian Lenny.

SNIP
>
>| stick with Flash Player 9 on that system.
>| [...]
> `----
No problem in sticking with Flash Player 9 - if it is still available!
Perhaps the Opera team could be persuaded to provide additional details
and caveats in their plugin help file.

My thanks to all who were good enough to share their experiences with
Flash Player 10.

Felix Karpfen

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