Unable to install macromedia flash player on x86_64 arch

[Justin Conover]

On Apr 7, 2005 1:28 PM, dragoran <dragoran at feuerpokemon.de> wrote:
> Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote:
> 
> > Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> >
> >>> Which would scare (new) users into thinking "Linux isn't userfriendly",
> >>> choose not to learn it (scared of at early stage), tell others this,
> >>> and
> >>> choose non-Linux solutions over Linux ones - which may in turn be bad
> >>> for future RH revenue.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Right...choosing non-linux 64bit solutions over 64bit linux. Remind me
> >> again... what are the 64bit non-linux solutions for PC hardware right
> >> now? Isn't windows 64bit xp still in some sort of beta phase?
> >> New users.. running amd 64bit hardware (thats what we are talking
> >> about really arent we).. can just as easily choose 32bit fedora core..
> >> and avoid this sort of crap completely.  Or.. they can wait till MS
> >> 64bit XP lands and macromedia finally feels significant market
> >> pressure to get off their asses and build a 64bit versions of their
> >> plugins.  In the meantime we can all hope and pray that svg magically
> >> matures and someone crafts professional development tools for it to
> >> challenge macromedia in the marketplace and we a no longer held
> >> hostage by macromedia to get our required dosage of pointless
> >> interactive web experience.
> >>
> >>
> > Well , given that windows xp 64 finally reached gold status and should
> > be on stores soon, maybe things could change...
> > Or not... I dont have any numbers on the number of sales of 64 bit
> > processors , but given the huge amount of 32 bit processors around , I
> > guess we'll have to wait a little more untill x86_64 processors become
> > more widespread before macromedia and other vendors port their closed
> > source programs to 64 bits...
> >
> > --
> > Pedro Macedo (who likes to browse the web on 64 bit without all that
> > annoying flash thingies ;) )
> >
> http://gplflash.sourceforge.net/
> 
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I've heard the gplflash crashes firefox often.  I will try it tonight
if I get a chance.  Until Macromedia releases a 64bit version, this is
what I do.

yum remove firefox
grab firefox from mozilla.org and install it.  grab flash 7, install it.