Linux Macromedia Flash Player

Linux Macromedia Flash Player

I tried to install this, but after untarring and trying the install, I got the following error:

ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the
Macromedia Flash Player installer.

Since my system is able to run a 32bit program, why would the architecture make any difference?

They just didn't design it for that. There's an older version listed on their "alternates" page, you might try that:

http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/

I note that they still don't have an 8.x version for Linux at all ...

The Flash Player 7 available on your link is exactly the same one I had the error with. I just tried to download Flash Player 6, but I was redirected to a download of Flash Player 7. I don't think that the problem is the fact that it's Linux, but the fact that I have a 64bit version installed. Everything that I have read, has said that my AMD processor can run any 32bit program, so I don't understand the conflict between the player and SuSe. I guess that I will just have to do without.

Try one of the RPM files from this page: http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/site_ucsc.html

I saw those, but I wondered if an RPM would work better than a tar? I also wasn't sure if it mattered which distro that they were designed for? I do recall something in the documentation about using RH RPMs, but would FC be any different or better?

Fedora is the free version of RedHat since version 9. Your system should be equivalent to FC2 or FC3.

The RPM shouldn't have a built-in CPU check, since the installer will do that itself - but your installer knows that you can run 32-bit RPMs (as long as you have 32-bit versions of the dependencies) whereas their installer didn't. It should work fine.

I have just fished out my old 9.2 install DVD and found media:/hdc/suse/i586/flash-player-7.0.25.0-2.i586.rpm, which doesn't surprise me as I have had flash working in (more or less) in every version of SuSE since 7.2. Yes it is an i586 rpm but it will work on x86-64 as it does in 9.3. The only problems I have had with it are:
1. Cannot get it to work with Opera
2. Sound out of sync in Konqueror
However it works fine with Mozilla and Firefox.

If it can't work in Opera, then there's really no point in installing it, because I'm not going to switch to either FF or Moz. However, would you have any idea of why it might have produced the error, in my post above? Your mention of it being on the DVD jogged my memory, and I just recalled that I had left the player uninstalled, because of a dumb EULA that bugged me:

"You agree that Macromedia may audit your use of the Software for compliance with these terms at any time, upon reasonable notice. In the event that such audit reveals any use of the Software by you other than in full compliance with the terms of this Agreement, you shall reimburse Macromedia for all reasonable expenses related to such audit in addition to any other liabilities you may incur as a result of such non-compliance."

I realize that almost nobody reads these things, but when you download the player for Windows, I don't think that this ever appears. I posted once, on another thread here, because the wording makes it sound as though they might end up knocking on my door, just to check if they approve of how I use their player. I know, I'm being paranoid, but I guess if Opera can't use it, I might as well not install it.

Sorry for being late, but with the tarball from Macromedia, why couldn't you just manually copy the 2 files to the proper plugins folder? You don't need to use their installer. Been doing that for ages over here.

I always thought that a plugin was merely a connector to an external program. You're saying that without installing the player in the OS that it will still work, with just the plugins?

I don't know what them installers do. I just copy the *.class and *.xpt file to my /usr/local/mozilla/plugins and /usr/local/firefox/plugins folder. Then in konqueror and opera, I put the /usr/local/mozilla/plugins directory in konq's and opera's plugins path.

Opera doesn't use *.xpt files, those are for mozilla. The *.class files are so that Java can access it, and indirectly javascript.

either way, if you put all your plugins in your mozilla plugins directory and just map that path to opera's plugin path, you should have no problems. the same thing goes for konq also.

I did as you suggested and C/P the plugins both in /user/lib/opera/plugins and in /user/lib/browser plugins (I think that I remembered the paths right). I assumed that the latter directory was where the native browsers would all go. I haven't had a chance to look for a website to test the player on yet, but I'll look later.

I finally found a website that used the flash player and it worked, so I guess that you are right, all that is needed is the plug-ins. Thanks for the help.

PS It did work in Opera.