Re: konqueror : how / where to install Flash ?

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Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> On Sunday 03 December 2006 23:46, gary wrote:
>> On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 18:26 +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
>>> On Sunday 03 December 2006 09:33, gary wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 08:04 +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I follow instructions after downloading
>>>>> 'install_flash_player_7_linux.tar' as indicated by Konqueror but
>>>>> obviously still not working.
>>>>> How / where to install  it ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Bruno
>>>> Try this instead (fc5 instructions)=
>>>> http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/fc5-tips.php#flash
>>>>
>>>>          -----------gary
>>> Hummm...I installed flash-plugin (via yum, from macromedia repo) but
>>> konqueror continues to complain about missing flash...
>>> Any other direction I should follow ?
>>    google - from =   http://www.konqueror.org/embedded/
>>
>>
>> How do I run Flash plugins with Konqueror/Embedded?
>>
>> You have to enable the Flash add-on (via --enable-add-ons=kflashpart)
>> which is based on the flash library written by Olivier Debon. This add-
>> on does not require X but only implements Flash 3 features and a few of
>> the Flash 4.
>> Other efforts are on the way to port the Netscape plugin support to
>> Konq/E (which will require X).
>>
>>                                 -------------gary
> 
> 
> Gary,
> thanks a lot for your attention and precision.
> 
> My following remark is absolutely not personal and I really do not want to 
> start any flame here (I'm a Linux + KDE lover...) but ...arghhh... is it 
> really so complicated (what / where is '--enable-add-ons=kflashpart' ?) to 
> have a web browser with a ready-to-go Flash support nowadays ?
> Or maybe I lost some tricky license around Flash which avoid any decent use 
> under Linux ?
> 
> So (here I'm trying my last chance...) is there any web browser I can use with 
> a 'ready-to-go' Flash support ? 
> 
> Thanks for attention.
> Bye,
> Bruno
> 
	Bruno

No browser AFAIK comes bundled with a flash player, however Firefox is
painless in its implementation.  Simply drop the plugin into the
/plugins directory (under the /usr/lib/Firefox directory). (Re)start
Firefox and you're good.

Scott
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