| 1 | Adobe Systems Incorporated |
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| 2 | Flash Player 11 for Linux |
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| 3 | Version 11.2.202.643 |
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| 4 | 2016 |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | Adobe recommends that all users upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Flash |
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| 7 | Player for the most recent features, bug fixes, and security fixes. For |
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| 8 | more information on the new features in Flash Player 9, please visit |
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| 9 | http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/. For more information on system |
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| 10 | requirements, fixed issues, and known issues, see the release notes at |
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| 11 | http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer_releasenotes. |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | To confirm which version of Flash Player you have currently installed, see |
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| 14 | http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/. Users should only install |
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| 15 | Players that have been downloaded from trusted sources, such as |
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| 16 | http://www.adobe.com/. |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | Your use of this player is governed by the Adobe End User License Agreement |
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| 19 | found at http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/. |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | Privacy |
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| 23 | ------- |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | Adobe is committed to preserving the privacy of end users. For more |
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| 26 | information on configuring Client-side privacy visit the Settings Manager |
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| 27 | Documentation: http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayerhelp. |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | Installation instructions |
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| 31 | ------------------------- |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | Installing using the plugin tar.gz: |
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| 34 | o Unpack the plugin tar.gz and copy the files to the appropriate location. |
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| 35 | o Save the plugin tar.gz locally and note the location the file was saved to. |
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| 36 | o Launch terminal and change directories to the location the file was saved to. |
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| 37 | o Unpack the tar.gz file. Once unpacked you will see the following: |
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| 38 | + libflashplayer.so |
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| 39 | + /usr |
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| 40 | o Identify the location of the browser plugins directory, based on your Linux distribution and Firefox version |
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| 41 | o Copy libflashplayer.so to the appropriate browser plugins directory. At the prompt type: |
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| 42 | + cp libflashlayer.so <BrowserPluginsLocation> |
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| 43 | o Copy the Flash Player Local Settings configurations files to the /usr directory. At the prompt type: |
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| 44 | + sudo cp -r usr/* /usr |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | Installing the plugin using RPM: |
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| 47 | o As root, enter in terminal: |
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| 48 | + # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file> |
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| 49 | + Click Enter key and follow prompts |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | Installing the standalone player: |
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| 52 | o Unpack the tar.gz file |
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| 53 | o To execute the standalone player, |
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| 54 | + Double-click, or |
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| 55 | + Enter in terminal: ./flashplayer |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | Uninstallation instructions |
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| 59 | --------------------------- |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | Manual uninstallation (for users who installed the plugin via Install script): |
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| 62 | o Delete libflashplayer.so binary and flashplayer.xpt file in |
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| 63 | directory /home/<user>/.mozilla/plugins/ |
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| 64 | |
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| 65 | RPM uninstallation: |
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| 66 | o As root, enter in terminal: |
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| 67 | + # rpm -e flash-plugin |
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| 68 | + Click Enter key and follow prompts |
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| 69 | |
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| 70 | |
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| 71 | Technical Issues and Reporting Bugs |
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| 72 | ----------------------------------- |
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| 73 | |
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| 74 | The Adobe Flash Player Support Center at |
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| 75 | http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/ is a free online resource for |
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| 76 | support and troubleshooting information. Bug reports may be submitted at |
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| 77 | http://www.adobe.com/go/wish. To allow us to investigate reported bugs, |
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| 78 | please include the following information: |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | 1) Platform and version |
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| 81 | 2) Browser version |
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| 82 | 3) Reproducible steps including a URL to the web site where the problem |
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| 83 | was encountered. |
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| 84 | |
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| 85 | If we need further information about a bug, you will be contacted. An |
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| 86 | automated reply will be sent to assure you that we have received your |
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| 87 | bug report. Due to the volume of mail received, we are not able to |
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| 88 | individually respond to each report. |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | Use the following commands to generate dependency lists for Flash Player or the Local Setting Manager: |
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| 91 | |
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| 92 | Flash Player: |
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| 93 | ldd <BrowserPluginsLocation>/libflashplayer.so |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | Gnome Local Setting Manager: |
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| 96 | ldd /usr/lib/kcm_adobe_flash_player.so (for 32-bit systems) |
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| 97 | ldd /usr/lib64/kcm_adobe_flash_player.so (for 64-bit systems) |
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| 98 | |
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| 99 | KDE Local Settings Manager: |
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| 100 | ldd /usr/bin/flash-player-properties |
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| 102 | |
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| 103 | Legal |
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| 104 | ----- |
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| 105 | |
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| 106 | Adobe(R) Flash(R) Player. Copyright (C) 1996 - 2016 Adobe Systems |
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| 107 | Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe and Flash are either |
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| 108 | trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and/or |
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| 109 | other countries. |
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| 110 | |
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