getFlash10.tcz

[Jason W]

getFlash10 is now also in tcz format to install deps and flash as tcz:

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Title:          getFlash10.tcz
Description:    Download - Setup - Create flash10.tce script.
Version:        0.1
Author:         roberts
Original-site:  http://www.tinycorelinux.com
Copying-policy: GPL
Size: 4.0K
Extension_by:   roberts
Comments:       Downloads from Adobe.
                Extracts linux libflashplayer.so
                Setup libflashplayer for either Minefield, Firefox, Opera,
Seamonkey or all four. Also includes compiled libflashsupport.so
for OSS sound. libflashsupport is licensed under Creative
Commons Attribution 3.0.
                Finally packages a flash10.tce to add to your tce collection.
.
                NOTE: You must have already downloaded the browser and OSS.
                You must have started the browser at least once!
                You must have OSS started with the sound on menu option.
                Then select getFlash9 from the Apps menu.
.
                If you already have your tce directory setup, then a flash10.tcz
                will be installed there, otherwise it is in /tmp/tce/.  flash10.tcz
will be loaded upon completion of the getflash script.
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                CAUTION: Flash10 requires gtk2 which is quite large.
             
Change-log:     
                2008/12/11 Original
                2009/04/04 Now a smaller download from Adobe Site.
        2009/04/11 Added Seamonkey and Firefox support.
2009/04/16 Updated to Flash 10
Current: 2009/05/06 Converted to tcz (Jason W)


[tobiaus]

tc@box:~$ wget http://adobe.com
--2009-05-06 23:09:07--  http://adobe.com/
Resolving adobe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address `adobe.com'

how does getFlash work for me at all? i don't know, but it does! (i know this time i used wget.tce, but it doesn't matter i just tried busybox wget to see if it was different. it says 'bad address' instead of unable to resolve, but same thing.) that there's a tcz version of getFlash10 is so interesting (almost pointless, but cool) i'm going to reboot (cloud mode) now, just to try it and see if it works. i would like to try getFlash9 in 2.x because i think flash10 might be too slow for me... but the tcz is more interesting so i'll do flash10 again.

edit: the amazing 2.x network problem test machine is cleanly booted, busybox wget (no wget.tce installed) is still having problems. i see that getflash uses curl, and wouldn't you know, curl resolves google.com just fine. it seems to download getflash (i see a convincing "[**********************]") but then a message flashes that says "flash10.tcz not found!" or something like that. flash 10 is not installed. usually i would put this in tce bugs, but as you just posted this i replied here. do advise (anyone) if i should use tce bugs in the future for this sort of thing, or i'll just take note if hats moves it there.

edit:

tc@box:~$ /usr/local/bin/getflash10.sh                       
Connecting to distro.ibiblio.org (152.46.7.109:80)
getFlash10-base.tar. 100% |*******************************|  2677 
--:--:-- ETA
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com (72.247.82.70:80)
install_flash_player 100% |*******************************|  3900k
00:00:00 ETA
/usr/local/bin/getflash10.sh: line 33: mkfs.cramfs: not found
/tmp/tce/flash10.tcz
/tmp/tce/flash10.tcz not found!

[Jason W]

I forgot to add cramfs-utils to the dep file, so install that and try again.  Dep file has been fixed.

[tobiaus]

I forgot to add cramfs-utils to the dep file, so install that and try again.  Dep file has been fixed.

1. usually if i umount and delete an extension, i can then install it again with appbrowser. it's one of the things i like about tcz... but now appbrowser just says "blah blah extension loaded!" and then i run mount- it's NOT loaded or it's not listed.

2. so i did what i had to do, downloaded getFlash10.tcz from a browser and loaded local. this should work. no... not mounted.

3. i figured this was because i used up the loops, (i bet 2.x has more than 1.x) so i unmounted nss-nsp-whatever. i repeated step 2. getFlash is still not mounted! but the loop taken up by nss-nsp-something is free.

4. now i do something i've mentioned doing in the past: fool appbrowser by renaming the extension and loading local. now it's mounted, so you see that really is an issue on occasion, in cloud mode. (but i haven't needed to do this in a long time!) but it still didn't work so i issued:

tc@box:~$ /tmp/tcloop/getFlash20/usr/local/bin/getflash10.sh

that worked.

Connecting to distro.ibiblio.org (152.46.7.109:80)
getFlash10-base.tar. 100% |*******************************|  2677 
--:--:-- ETA
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com (96.17.34.70:80)
install_flash_player 100% |*******************************|  3900k
00:00:00 ETA
flash10.tcz is now in /tmp/tce
/tmp/tce/flash10.tcz
flash10.tcz is installed.

and youtube now works. but i can't tell you if your .dep file works or not without rebooting.

[Jason W]

Thanks for testing it out, I will try once again also with "tinycore nolocal norestore base" just to make sure.

[tobiaus]

thanks for making the tcz.

although i see little reason for a tcz version of getflash, i generally prefer tcz and realize they can be a pain to get converted properly. even though unmounting and upgrading didn't work the way it usually should, it's very nice that you can unmount them. maybe i'll try tcz-uninstall next time instead of doing it manually. edit: thanks to roberts for making the tcz too, since he's the one that created it.

[Jason W]

There was some interest in the forum if I recall for a tcz version of getflash to allow a tcz only install.  And though I vascillate between PPI and tcz, I am in a tcz mood lately.

[meo]

Hi Jason!

I tested it last night (local time in Sweden) and first it didn't work as also noted in a post above. But how does it really work? Now i have a flash10.tce and flash10.tcz (the last one very small though). They both get installed during boot, so with one am I using? I might mention that I had the flash10.tce there when installing the tcz. It runs fine though so this question is more about quriosity than a problem.

Have fun,
meo

[Jason W]

Hi Meo,
There is never a reason to run both a tce and a tcz of the same package.  The tce will overrule in that case as it will overwrite symlinks but not get overwritten by them.  This is to be used in place of the tce version.

Make sure you also that you have one of the flash capable browsers installed first.  Boot with "tinycore base nolocal norestore" and try it again with the appbrowser and see if it works.  I had added the cramfs-utils dependency to the dep file shortly after posting.
JW

[tobiaus]

the nice thing about this tcz is i seem to have flash10 mounted- that means i can unmount and delete it (cloud mode, or i'd just reboot.) then i can try to install flash9 from the 1.x repo. i realize it's not good to install from the 1.x repo if you're using 2.x, but we're talking about a download script that gets a binary you can't modify anyway.

even then with deps i can tell you how it might not be a good idea, but ever since i started using flash10 in 2.x it's just too damned slow... if flash9 is not as sluggish i'll use that as long as i can. some websites are stupidly requiring 10 these days for some absolutely superficial (cosmetic) features, but most of the ones i care about still only need 9 or later, for now. it would be cool to see flash9 in the 2.x repo, as tce and/or tcz. for now i'll just grab it from the tc website.

[jpeters]

I just noticed that flash10 (current) is now working.  Congrads.. .looks like nspr was the missing piece (I had already tried it with curl).  With such brilliance in our dev't team, skype static should be working in no time 

[junan]

why not change the faq ? still reference to getflash9.tce.

thank you for all your working ... youtube is playable now

[Jason W]

TC 1.x is still the official release series, that is why flash 9 is still in the faq.