[gentoo-user] Flash installation?

Hi,

,,,after upgrading Firefox (->3.014) I was remembered
to install the Adobe Flash plugin.

I first tried to install it via emerge which fails --
Firefox does not "see" the installation (yes, JavaScript
was enabled and NoScript instructed accordingly).

From the Adobe website I downloaded the newest Flash plugin
for Linux in tar.gz.
Unpacking the archive only shed daylight on a library --
the installation, which was mentioned by Adobe was missing.

So...how can I install Adobe Flashplayer or any other useable
alternative?

Kind regards,
mcc
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On 10/26/2009 07:54 PM, meino.cramer DeleteThis @gmx.de wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> ,,,after upgrading Firefox (->3.014) I was remembered
> to install the Adobe Flash plugin.
>
> I first tried to install it via emerge which fails --
> Firefox does not "see" the installation (yes, JavaScript
> was enabled and NoScript instructed accordingly).
>
> From the Adobe website I downloaded the newest Flash plugin
> for Linux in tar.gz.
> Unpacking the archive only shed daylight on a library --
> the installation, which was mentioned by Adobe was missing.
>
> So...how can I install Adobe Flashplayer or any other useable
> alternative?

You emerge it. If it doesn't work, then it's not because it's designed
not to work, but because of some problem, obviously. In that case, you
might want to file a bug about it (after making sure you tried with a
clean firefox profile first).

For reference, my system is AMD64, with
www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.3-r1, and
www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.0.32.18 [64bit multilib -32bit] and it works
without problems.