Adobe Systems Incorporated Flash Player 11 for Linux

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Flash Player 11 for Linux

Version 11.2.202.297

2012

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 9, please visit

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/. For more information on system

requirements, fixed issues, and known issues, see the release notes at

http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer_releasenotes.

To confirm which version of Flash Player you have currently installed, see

http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/. Users should only install

Players that have been downloaded from trusted sources, such as

http://www.adobe.com/.

Your use of this player is governed by the Adobe End User License Agreement

found at http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/players/flash/.

Privacy

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Adobe is committed to preserving the privacy of end users. For more

information on configuring Client-side privacy visit the Settings Manager

Documentation: http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayerhelp.

Installation instructions

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Installing using the plugin tar.gz:

o Unpack the plugin tar.gz and copy the files to the appropriate location.

o Save the plugin tar.gz locally and note the location the file was saved to.

o Launch terminal and change directories to the location the file was saved to.

o Unpack the tar.gz file. Once unpacked you will see the following:

+ libflashplayer.so

+ /usr

o Identify the location of the browser plugins directory, based on your Linux distribution and Firefox version

o Copy libflashplayer.so to the appropriate browser plugins directory. At the prompt type:

+ cp libflashlayer.so <BrowserPluginsLocation>

o Copy the Flash Player Local Settings configurations files to the /usr directory. At the prompt type:

+ sudo cp -r usr/* /usr

Installing the plugin using RPM:

o As root, enter in terminal:

+ # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file>

+ Click Enter key and follow prompts

Installing the standalone player:

o Unpack the tar.gz file

o To execute the standalone player,

+ Double-click, or

+ Enter in terminal: ./flashplayer

Uninstallation instructions

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Manual uninstallation (for users who installed the plugin via Install script):

o Delete libflashplayer.so binary and flashplayer.xpt file in

directory /home/<user>/.mozilla/plugins/

RPM uninstallation:

o As root, enter in terminal:

+ # rpm -e flash-plugin

+ Click Enter key and follow prompts

Technical Issues and Reporting Bugs

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The Adobe Flash Player Support Center at

http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/ is a free online resource for

support and troubleshooting information. Bug reports may be submitted at

http://www.adobe.com/go/wish. To allow us to investigate reported bugs,

please include the following information:

1) Platform and version

2) Browser version

3) Reproducible steps including a URL to the web site where the problem

was encountered.

If we need further information about a bug, you will be contacted. An

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