On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 23:15 -0600, Jonathan Berry wrote: > 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 > Well it might be too smart but I have hacked through the script and all it does is copy libflashplayer.so and flashplayer.xpt to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ So why not just copy the two files and be done. Cool Hey! :} Cheers Chad > 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 >
