TechNote

Adobe Flash Player for Linux Readme

October2008

Adobe recommends that all users upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Flash Player for the most recent features, bug fixes, and security fixes. For more information on the new features in Flash Player 10, please visit www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/.

For more information on system requirements, fixed issues, and known issues, see the release notes at www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer_releasenotes.

To confirm which version of Flash Player you have currently installed, see www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/.

Users should only install Players that have been downloaded from trusted sources, such as www.adobe.com/.

Your use of this player is governed by the Adobe End User License Agreement found at www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/.

Privacy

Adobe is committed to preserving the privacy of end users. For more information on configuring client-side privacy, visit the Settings Manager documentation.

Installation instructions

Install the plug-in tar.gz using Install script:

Unpack the tar.gz file
In terminal, navigate to the unpacked directory and enter:
- $ ./flashplayer-installer
- Click Enter and follow prompts

Install the plug-in using RPM:

As root, enter in terminal:
- # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file>
- Click Enter and follow prompts

Install the standalone player:

Unpack the tar.gz file
To execute the standalone player:
- Double-click, or
- Enter in terminal: ./flashplayer

Removal instructions

Manual removal (for users who installed the plug-in via Install script):

Delete libflashplayer.so binary and flashplayer.xpt file in directory /home/<user>/.mozilla/plugins/

RPM removal:

As root, enter in terminal:
- # rpm -e flash-plugin
- Click Enter and follow prompts

Internationalization

Flash Player10 is internationalized for a number of languages. Flash Player determines the language setting from the environment variable LANG. If LANG is not set, the player defaults to English.

The following examples show two methods of setting the LANG environment variable for Spanish:

To set LANG in .bashrc: export LANG=spanish
To set LANG in .cshrc: setenv LANG es

These locales are currently recognized:

Language	Set LANG to	Or
English	C, LC, POSIX, english	en_*
German	de, deutsch, german	de_*
Spanish	spanish	es_*
French	francais, french	fr_BE, fr_CA, fr,FR, fr_LU
Italian	italian	it_IT, it_CH
Japanese	japanese	ja_JP
Korean	korean	ko_KR
Chinese Simp	-	zh_CN
Chinese Trad	-	zh_TW

To see the many options for en, de and es:

locale -a | grep en
locale -a | grep de
locale -a | grep es

Technical issues and reporting bugs

The Adobe Flash Player Support Center at www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/ is a free online resource for support and troubleshooting information. Requests for technical assistance with installation should go through this site.

Developers can file Adobe Flash Player issues in the Flash Player Public Bug and Issue Management System.

For further details, read the Adobe Developer Center article: "About the Public Bug Base."

The Flash Player Public Bug and Issue Management System is located at: https://bugs.adobe.com/flashplayer/. An Adobe ID is required to submit and vote.

Additional Information

List of library dependencies for FP9 and FP10 on Linux

Flash Player 9 Dependencies
* libdl.so.2
* libpthread.so.0
* libX11.so.6
* libXext.so.6
* libXt.so.6
* libfreetype.so.6
* libfontconfig.so.1
* libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
* libgobject-2.0.so.0
* libglib-2.0.so.0
* libm.so.6
* libc.so.6
* glibc>= 2.3
support for V4L1

Flash Player 10 Dependencies
* libdl.so.2
* libpthread.so.0
* libX11.so.6
* libXext.so.6
* libXt.so.6
* libfreetype.so.6
* libfontconfig.so.1
* libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
* libgobject-2.0.so.0
* libglib-2.0.so.0
* libm.so.6
* libc.so.6
* glibc>= 2.3
* glibc>= 2.4
* libnss3
* cURL
support for V4L1
support for V4L2