On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 18:21:30 -0800 (PST), Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- Mariano Lopez Reta <mlreta@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi, all. > > > > Following the instructions on Yolinux, I uninstalled > > from my x86-64 (rpm > > -e) both firefox and mozplugger, and then I > > installed both 32 bit > > counterparts. Problem is, Firefox's "about" keeps > > saying x86-64, thus > > Flash player installer refuses to install. Any > > suggestions? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Mariano > > Tortuguitas, Argentina > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > Mariano, > Download it from > http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash > > # tar -zxvf install_flash_player > # cd install_flash_player_7_linux > [olivares@localhost install_flash_player_7_linux]$ ls > flashplayer-installer libflashplayer.so Readme.txt > flashplayer.xpt Readme.htm > [olivares@localhost > install_flash_player_7_linux]$./flashplayer-installer > > Should install it for you. If it doesn't then > hopefully someone else can help you. > > Hope it helps, > > Antonio This won't work since he is running x86_64. The installer is too smart. It realizes it is running in a 64-bit OS and refuses to install, even though it works fine with a 32-bit browser. You can get an RPM (which is better since Fedora is RPM based) of the flash plugin from: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/1367214/com/flash-plugin-7.0.25-1.i386.rpm.html Jonathan
