konqueror : how / where to install Flash ?

gary garys at mtaonline.net
Wed Dec 6 05:19:16 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 16:17 +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> On Sunday 03 December 2006 23:46, gary wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 18:26 +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> > > On Sunday 03 December 2006 09:33, gary wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 08:04 +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I follow instructions after downloading
> > > > > 'install_flash_player_7_linux.tar' as indicated by Konqueror but
> > > > > obviously still not working.
> > > > > How / where to install  it ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Bruno
> > > >
> > > > Try this instead (fc5 instructions)=
> > > > http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/fc5-tips.php#flash
> > > >
> > > >          -----------gary
> > >
> > > Hummm...I installed flash-plugin (via yum, from macromedia repo) but
> > > konqueror continues to complain about missing flash...
> > > Any other direction I should follow ?
> >
> >    google - from =   http://www.konqueror.org/embedded/
> >
> >
> > How do I run Flash plugins with Konqueror/Embedded?
> >
> > You have to enable the Flash add-on (via --enable-add-ons=kflashpart)
> > which is based on the flash library written by Olivier Debon. This add-
> > on does not require X but only implements Flash 3 features and a few of
> > the Flash 4.
> > Other efforts are on the way to port the Netscape plugin support to
> > Konq/E (which will require X).
> >
> >                                 -------------gary
> 
> 
> Gary,
> thanks a lot for your attention and precision.
> 
> My following remark is absolutely not personal and I really do not want to 
> start any flame here (I'm a Linux + KDE lover...) but ...arghhh... is it 
> really so complicated (what / where is '--enable-add-ons=kflashpart' ?) to 
> have a web browser with a ready-to-go Flash support nowadays ?
> Or maybe I lost some tricky license around Flash which avoid any decent use 
> under Linux ?
> 
> So (here I'm trying my last chance...) is there any web browser I can use with 
> a 'ready-to-go' Flash support ? 
> 

 Hopefully by now you've followed Scott's advice and installed Firefox.
Since all your questions revolved around Konqueor, I was reluctant to
make an unsolicited suggestion that you try Firefox, though I was
tempted. One of the advantages of following a list such as this is to
find out which applications are most popular because popularity = fewer
problems.             --------------gary




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