Monday, April 9, 2012

HowTo: Install Adobe Flash Player on CentOS 6.2

Update 15-07-2012: the folks at the Repoforge have added flash-plugin to their repository. If you prefer to use their package follow the instructions at http://linux-bsd-sharing.blogspot.pt/2012/07/howto-install-adobe-flash-player-using.html.
 
To install Adobe Flash Player you'll need to change to root, install Adobe's YUM repository, import the associated GPG key, update the repositories and install Adobe Flash Player.

For a 32-bit CentOS 6.2 installation, run the following commands:
$ su
# rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm 
# rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux 
# yum check-update 
# yum install flash-plugin

Launch Mozilla Firefox and in the address bar enter about:plugins. An Shockwave Flash entry should be available.

If you point to System -> Preferences you'll notice that a new entry named Adobe Flash Player is now available.

Fire up a random Youtube clip and have fun ;)
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5 comments:

  1. Ganesh Madabattula25 July, 2012 11:03

    Thanks for the post. :)

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  2. Anonymous26 July, 2012 23:45

    gracias!!!

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  3. Rolando26 July, 2012 23:46

    gracias, funciona de maravilla.

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  4. Anonymous31 July, 2012 00:31

    This was quick and simple, Thanks.

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  5. Anonymous07 December, 2012 01:39

    Direct and to the point. Tested and works on CentOS 6.3 with x86_64 detection/installation. Thanks so much

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