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  1. #1
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    command line probem with syntax

    Well I have opensuse 11.0, with firefox 3, and I am trying to update my flashplayer 9.5 to 10 , I downloaded and unpacked the tar and started the command line installer ... I get to the line where I am to input the installed browser path which is /use/lib/firefox and that is where it fails ... what character do I include before the first foward slash of the path to correct this

    linux-ulta:~ #
    linux-ulta:~ # cd /addondata
    linux-ulta:/addondata # cd downloads
    linux-ulta:/addondata/downloads/aflash #
    linux-ulta:/addondata/downloads/aflash # cd install_flash_player_10_linux
    linux-ulta:/addondata/downloads/aflash/install_flash_player_10_linux # dir
    total 9828
    -r-xr-xr-x 1 eric 1000 21701 Nov 18 15:53 flashplayer-installer
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 eric 1000 10022452 Nov 18 15:53 libflashplayer.so
    linux-ulta:/addondata/downloads/aflash/install_flash_player_10_linux # ./flashplayer-installer

    Copyright(C) 2002-2006 Adobe Macromedia Software LLC. All rights reserved.

    Adobe Flash Player 10 for Linux

    Adobe Flash Player 10 will be installed on this machine.

    You are running the Adobe Flash Player installer as the "root" user.
    Adobe Flash Player 10 will be installed system-wide.

    Support is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/

    To install Adobe Flash Player 10 now, press ENTER.

    To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C.



    NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running.

    Press ENTER to continue...



    Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape,
    or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): /usr/lib/firefox ------ (entered Path here)

    WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path ------ error message

    Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape,
    or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): ^C

    linux-ulta:/addondata/downloads/aflash/install_flash_player_10_linux # cd /
    linux-ulta:/ # cd..
    linux-ulta:/ # dir
    total 96
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 27 22:08 addondata
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 6 09:35 bin
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 29 23:37 boot
    drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4460 Jan 2 12:51 dev
    drwxr-xr-x 116 root root 12288 Jan 2 12:24 etc
    drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Sep 27 23:49 home
    drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Dec 6 09:38 lib
    drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Sep 27 20:46 lost+found
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 2 12:51 media
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 6 2008 mnt
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 10 2008 opt
    dr-xr-xr-x 121 root root 0 Jan 2 04:23 proc
    drwx------ 32 root root 4096 Jan 2 12:51 root
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 Dec 6 09:37 sbin
    drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 10 2008 srv
    drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 0 Jan 2 04:23 sys
    drwxrwxrwt 31 root root 4096 Jan 2 12:52 tmp
    drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jun 10 2008 usr
    drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Dec 6 09:37 var
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 27 20:46 windows
    linux-ulta:/ # cd usr
    linux-ulta:/usr # cd lib
    linux-ulta:/usr/lib # cd firefox ------ (targer path here)
    linux-ulta:/usr/lib/firefox # dir
    total 80
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2025 Dec 14 15:00 application.ini
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1561 Dec 14 15:00 blocklist.xml
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 161 Nov 24 10:53 browserconfig.properties
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 17 16:06 chrome
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 09:17 components
    drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 14 15:00 defaults
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 14 15:00 extensions
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31948 Dec 14 15:00 firefox
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3853 Dec 14 15:01 firefox.sh
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 16:06 icons
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 16:06 modules
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 16:06 searchplugins
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 27 21:41 updates
    linux-ulta:/usr/lib/firefox #

  2. #2
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    mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
    mv libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins
    <restart firefox>

    Much, much easier. Don't bother with their crap installer; it's obviously broken. Just dump the file where it needs to be (your user's private plugins directory, which is the only one you have write permission to anyway -- you shouldn't be running random scripts as root either), and restart the browser to pick it up.

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    Okay, I don't understand your error message. So let me go though a list of things that I would try if I wanted to install flashplayer, and maybe it'll be helpful.

    1. I'd try downloading and installing it directly using YAST. (Make sure you've linked to the packman repository.

    2. I'd try downloading an rpm file from the adobe site, and installing it with the gui installer. Right click in your file manager, and follow the instruction.

    OR

    3. I'm pretty sure that the flashplayer came preinstalled with Opensuse 11.1, which is what I'm running now. If an upgrade appeals to you for its own sake, this might be a way to kill two birds with one stone.

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