Get Flash 9

[roberts]

After seeing the posts requesting help on browser, flash, and sound, setup, i.e., youtube ready, I decided to create a small script to automate this.

I have just posted getFlash9.tce

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Title:          getFlash9.tce
Description:    Download - Setup - Create flash9.tce script.
Version:        0.1
Author:         roberts
Original-site:  http://www.tinycorelinux.com
Copying-policy: GPL
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Extension by:   roberts
Comments:       Downloads from Adobe flash9 archive.
                Extracts linux libflashplayer.so
                Setup libflashplayer for either Minefield, Opera or both.
                Also includes compiled libflashsupport.so for OSS sound.
                Finally packages a flash9.tce to add to your tce collection.
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                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.
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                If you already have your tce directory setup, then a flash9.tce
                will be installed there, otherwise it is in /tmp/tce/
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                CAUTION: Flash9 requires gtk2 which is quite large.
             
Change-log:     
Current:        2008/12/11 Original

Hopefully this will make things much easier.

1. Best to have your tce directory setup.
2. Grab OSS extension if not already done, and be sure to start sound from menu,
3. Grab your browser choice, minefield or opera, then start the browser then exit
4. Grab getFlash9.tce and run from menu.

Note: Flash requires gtk2 so not an advantage for Opera.
The script will place a flash9.tce in your tce directory so you can reboot and flash will work,
Don't forget to turn sound on.

[curaga]

Is there a specific reason to get r48 and not the newest, r151, from the archive zip?

Edit: also, the path in the script for libflashsupport is not the same as the actual file?
(script thinks /usr/lib/oss/lib/libflashsupport.so, but it is in /usr/lib)

libflashsupport could be stripped for 1.2kb less

[^thehatsrule^]

Are you sure that the license of GPL covers all of it?  iirc, for libflashsupport, it was under a Creative Commons one.

I'm guessing there is no ssl version?

[mikshaw]

It's a download script.  If Adobe has an issue with it being GPL, it would have to have an issue wth any  GPL browser, or really any script that supports flash plugin downloads.

[^thehatsrule^]

I'm not talking about the script, but of the included library.

[roberts]

I found this statement on the adobe site:
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Adobe is delivering this support layer as an open-source dynamic library called flashsupport. This library will enable distributions not formally supported by Adobe to ensure that Flash Player functionality is fully preserved on those distributions. We are encouraging the Linux community to experiment with flashsupport to confirm that it meets their needs.

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flash_Player:Additional_Interface_Support_for_Linux

Given this I will post my getflash9 extension which should make TC and Flash9 +OSS work very easy!

[roberts]

The download, setup, & create flash9.tce script has been updated to use smaller download from Adobe Site. Thanks to Jason for the new url. if you already have flash9 working then no need to do anything.