Install Flash Player

Tiny Core 2.1-3

Install Flash Player

Flash Player may be installed in internet browsers to display moving images.

Things You Need

You should have a tce directory. This should be created during, or shortly after, installation of Tiny Core or Microcore. If you don't have a tce directory, the flash extension will be created in /tmp/tce/.

You need an internet browser installed. Examples include Firefox, Opera, Minefield and Seamonkey. You must have started the internet brownser at least once. You may have more than one internet browser. (It is not ideal to install both Mozilla Firefox and Minefield. You can install Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Seamonkey.)

You need OSS installed, and sound on.

You need getFlash10 installed. This will also install dependencies needed for Flash Player to work.

Install Flash Player

To install Flash Player, while connected to the internet, select getflash10 from the menu (right click).

It may take some time for Flash Player to be downloaded and installed.

Alternate Method

The above method is easy and all that is needed for most users. Following is an alternate method for those wanting to install Flash Player manually, or understand the process in more detail.

If you use this method, dependencies must be installed, but getFlash10 is not needed.

Download Flash Player

Option 1: Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/. Download the file ".tar.gz for Linux."

Option 2: Go to http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz. You will get a new window. Click "Save File."

Option 3: Use wget. Wget needs to be installed. Open the terminal and type:

wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

It will take some time for flash player to be downloaded.

Extract Flash Player

Open the Root Terminal and type:

cd (path)
tar xzf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

A new file called "libflashplayer.so" will be created.

Make an Extension for Flash Player

To make an extension, the squashfs-tools-4.0 extension needs to be installed.

Begin by creating directories. You may install Flash Player in more than one internet browser. Open the Root Terminal and type the following commands.

For Mozilla Firefox.

mkdir -p /home/myext/flash/usr/local/firefox-official/plugins

For Opera.

mkdir -p /home/myext/flash/usr/local/lib/opera/plugins

For Seamonkey.

mkdir -p /home/myext/flash/usr/local/seamonkey/plugins

For Minefield.

mkdir -p /home/myext/flash/usr/local/firefox/plugins

Copy and paste libflashplayer.so to each "plugins" directory.

To make a extension called "flash.tcz," open the Root Terminal, and type:

cd /home/myext
mksquashfs flash/ flash.tcz

Copy to TCE Folder

Copy and paste the new extension to the "tce" directory.

Turn the computer off and restart for Flash Player to be loaded.

Dependencies

To run Flash Player, Firefox does not need some of the dependencies which are required by Opera. If you have limited disk space, you may experiment to see which are not needed. Be aware, some dependencies are needed by other programs.

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