Problem with firefox flash plugin.

[Taae]

I keep trying to install the flash plugin for firefox, it downloads and it looks like it has installed but it doesn't work and i'm still asked to install it again even after restarting firefox.

[Lluisanunez]

Try this:
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...tes.html#Flash (FC5)
or
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...tes.html#Flash (FC4)

[cripou]

got the same problem in FF
tried http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_co...otes.html#Flash ....
says

Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: flash-plugin
Nothing to do

whats left to do

[nlkrio]

remove the flash plugin and then reinstall it,
rpm -e flash-plugin
the above remove the flash-plugin
and then reinstall it as Stanton Finley's notes

[nyinge]

SELinux is actually preventing Flash to get installed properly. You'll have to configure it a bit.

Edit: This post has everything you wanna know.

[cripou]

tried this:

rpm -e flash-plugin

said that:

[root@localhost cripou]# rpm -e plash-plugin
error: package plash-plugin is not installed

turned off SElinux
then tried that:

yum -y install flash-plugin

here's what happened:

[root@localhost cripou]# yum -y install flash-plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Didier [1/9]
Didier 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
livna [2/9]
livna 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
updates-released [3/9]
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
core [4/9]
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates [5/9]
updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
freshrpms [6/9]
freshrpms 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras [7/9]
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
atrpms-stable [8/9]
atrpms-stable 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
release [9/9]
release 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 101 kB 00:01
updates-re: ################################################## 333/333
Added 7 new packages, deleted 0 old in 1.49 seconds
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 787 kB 00:07
extras : ################################################## 2235/2235
Added 58 new packages, deleted 300 old in 5.67 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: flash-plugin
Nothing to do

im still stuck! can anyone help...?

[nyinge]

@ Cripou

Since you have turned off SELinux, just visit a flash site with your Firefox, and it should install Flash for you.

[cripou]

don't ask why but the flash stuff loaded up!! waaaaaaa! linux is weird!!!! I LOVE IT!

[nyinge]

It's the Magic. You'll find it only in Linux.