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SOLVED - Update flash plugin. Porteus 3.1 Mate with FF
Posted: 19 May 2015, 14:25
by Englischdude
Hi All,
am really loving porteus, does everything I need in a mobile distro, the only issue I am having is that when browsing very often I get the message that the plugin is outdated/been deactivated etc. Could someone please walk me through the process of updating the flash plugin step by step so as to avoid these annoying messages.
Thanks in advance
Martin
Re: Update flash plugin. Porteus 3.1 Mate with FF
Posted: 19 May 2015, 14:35
by fanthom
hello Martin,
please add these preferences to /home/guest/.mozilla/firefox/c3pp43bg.default/prefs.js:
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user_pref("plugin.default.state", 2);
user_pref("plugins.hide_infobar_for_missing_plugin", true);
user_pref("plugins.hide_infobar_for_outdated_plugin", true);
user_pref("plugins.notifyMissingFlash", false);
in next release i'll port more useful settings from kiosk to desktop in relation to firefox
Re: Update flash plugin. Porteus 3.1 Mate with FF
Posted: 19 May 2015, 15:49
by Englischdude
thanks for your quick response. I made the changes you mentioned and saved the session to my save.dat and rebooted, I have started youtube in FF and get the message "firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "adobe flash" from running on
www.youtube.com"
I have the option to "allow", however when I go to firefox preferences for the plugins there is no option to select "always allow".
Re: Update flash plugin. Porteus 3.1 Mate with FF
Posted: 19 May 2015, 20:34
by sunnysideofthesun
If my memory doesn't fails me, then in my case of 64-bit LXQt Porteus I have done the following.
1. From
https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ downloaded package for Linux 64-bit named install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz.
Firefox saved it to Downloads folder.
2. I was logged in as root from the start, so I didn't have to run console as superuser.
In console type
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tar -C /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins -xzf Downloads/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
Probably for 32-bit Porteus it has to be different than
lib64 folder.
3. "Always allow" option appears only when plugin is up-to-date.
Re: Update flash plugin. Porteus 3.1 Mate with FF
Posted: 20 May 2015, 11:10
by Englischdude
sunnysideofthesun wrote:If my memory doesn't fails me, then in my case of 64-bit LXQt Porteus I have done the following.
1. From
https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ downloaded package for Linux 64-bit named install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz.
Firefox saved it to Downloads folder.
2. I was logged in as root from the start, so I didn't have to run console as superuser.
In console type
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tar -C /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins -xzf Downloads/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
Probably for 32-bit Porteus it has to be different than
lib64 folder.
3. "Always allow" option appears only when plugin is up-to-date.
that did it. Many thanks for your help.
I have a 32bit system in order to maximize compatibility with older systems. The require folder was usr/lib/mozilla/plugins