- Launch Mozilla
- Launch Terminal
$ ps -ef | grep mozilla-bin
usr2 730 716 0 06:11:24 ? 0:13 /usr/sfw/bin/../lib/mozilla/m ozilla-bin -UILocale en-US -contentLocale US
usr2 753 752 0 06:36:39 pts/4 0:00 grep mozilla-bin
$ cd /usr/sfw/bin/../lib/mozilla/
$ pwd
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla
- Uncompress flash_player_7_solaris_x86.tar.gz.
$ pwd
/home/usr2/Documents
$ ls
flash_player_7_solaris_x86_r53.tar.gz mynote~
mynote
$ gunzip flash_player_7_solaris_x86_r53.tar.gz
$ ls
flash_player_7_solaris_x86_r53.tar mynote~
mynote
$ ls
Desktop Documents jmf.log
$ cd Documents
$ ls
flash_player_7_solaris_x86_r53.tar mynote~
mynote
$ tar -zxvf flash_player_7_solaris_x86_r53.tar
tar: z: unknown function modifier
$ tar -xvf flash_player_7_solaris_x86_r53.tar
x install_flash_player_7_solaris, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x install_flash_player_7_solaris/flashplayer.xpt, 856 bytes, 2 tape blocks
x install_flash_player_7_solaris/libflashplayer.so, 2032848 bytes, 3971 tape blo cks
x install_flash_player_7_solaris/flashplayer-installer, 22476 bytes, 44 tape blo cks
x install_flash_player_7_solaris/README.htm, 11248 bytes, 22 tape blocks
x install_flash_player_7_solaris/Readme.txt, 5204 bytes, 11 tape blocks
$ ls
flash_player_7_solaris_x86_r53.tar mynote
install_flash_player_7_solaris mynote~
A directory called install_flash_player_7_solaris is created.
Navigate to this directory.
- From the command line, type ./flashplayer-installer to run the installer.
$ pwd
/home/usr2/Documents/install_flash_player_7_solaris
$ ./flashplayer-installer
Copyright(C) 2002-2003 Macromedia, Inc. All rights reserved.
Macromedia Flash Player 7 for SOLARIS
Macromedia Flash Player 7 will be installed on this machine.
You are running the Macromedia Flash Player installer as a non-root user.
Macromedia Flash Player 7 will be installed in your home directory.
Support is available at http://www.macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/
To install Macromedia Flash Player 7 now, press ENTER.
To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C.
NOTE: Macromedia Flash Player requires two font packages
to be installed, ttfonts and urw-fonts.
Press ENTER to continue...
NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running.
----------- Install Action Summary -----------
Macromedia Flash Player 7 will be installed in the following directory:
Mozilla installation directory = /home/usr2/.mozilla
Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q):q
$ su
Password:
# ls
flashplayer-installer libflashplayer.so Readme.txt
flashplayer.xpt README.htm
# cp flashplayer-installer /usr/sfw/lib/mozilla
# pwd
/home/usr2/Documents/install_flash_player_7_solaris
# cd /usr/sfw/bin/../lib/mozilla/
# pwd
/usr/sfw/lib/mozilla
# ls
chrome libmozz.so moz_patch_checker.dtksh
components libmsgbaseutil.so mozilla
debuginfo.sh libnspr4.so mozilla-bin
defaults libnss3.so mozilla-xremote-client
flashplayer-installer
# ./flashplayer-installer
Copyright(C) 2002-2003 Macromedia, Inc. All rights reserved.
Macromedia Flash Player 7 for SOLARIS
Macromedia Flash Player 7 will be installed on this machine.
You are running the Macromedia Flash Player installer as the "root" user.
Macromedia Flash Player 7 will be installed system-wide.
Support is available at http://www.macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/
To install Macromedia Flash Player 7 now, press ENTER.
To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C.
NOTE: Macromedia Flash Player requires two font packages
to be installed, ttfonts and urw-fonts.
Press ENTER to continue...
NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running.
Press ENTER to continue...
Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape,
or Opera browser (e.g., /usr/lib/mozilla): /usr/sfw/bin/../lib/mozilla/
----------- Install Action Summary -----------
Macromedia Flash Player 7 will be installed in the following directory:
Browser installation directory = /usr/sfw/bin/../lib/mozilla/
Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q): y
cp: cannot access ./libflashplayer.so
cp: cannot access ./flashplayer.xpt
chmod: WARNING: can't access /usr/sfw/bin/../lib/mozilla//plugins/libflashplayer.so
chmod: WARNING: can't access /usr/sfw/bin/../lib/mozilla//plugins/flashplayer.xpt
Installation complete.
Perform another installation? (y/n):n
Please log out of this session and log in for the changes to take effect.
The Macromedia Flash Player installation is complete.
copy all files to plugin folder and up 1 directory
and try again.