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FlashUpdater

Posted: 14 Mar 2013, 18:55
by Hamza
Here is a script to get latest FlashPlayer from Adobe servers.

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#!/bin/bash
# @name FlashUpdater
# @authors Rava & Hamza
# @version 2.0

# Select right version to download
if [[ $(uname -m) == "x86_64" ]]; then ARCH="x86_64";LIB="64";else ARCH="i386";LIB="";fi

# Define URL scheme
URL_SCHEME="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_11_linux.$ARCH.tar.gz"

# Clean temp
[ -e "/tmp/flashplayer_latest" ] && rm -Rf "/tmp/flashplayer_latest"

# Make module structure
mkdir -p /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/{mozilla,opera}/plugins
mkdir -p /tmp/flashplayer_latest/opt/google/chromium/plugins

# Download latest flash player from Adobe
wget --progress=bar:force -O "/tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar.gz" $URL_SCHEME

# Unpacking the flashplayer archive
if [ -f /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar.gz ]; then
  gunzip /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar.gz
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest
  tar -xvf /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar
  cp -p /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/opera/plugins
  ln -sf ../../mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so 
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest/opt/google/chromium/plugins
  ln -sf /usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so
  rm /tmp/flashplayer_latest/{readme.txt,libflashplayer.so}
  rm /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar

  # using the timestamp of the flashplayer as "version" part of the filename.
  VERS=$(stat -c %y  /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so|cut -b 1-10)

  # Making of the final module if extraction was successful
  dir2xzm "/tmp/flashplayer_latest" "/tmp/flashplayer_${ARCH}_${VERS}.xzm"

  # Clean the system
  rm -Rf /tmp/flashplayer_latest

else

  # Extraction gave an error: give user a warning.
  echo "Warning! extraction failed. Look for more info above. Abort!"

  # Clean the system
  rm -Rf /tmp/flashplayer_latest

  # exit with error
  exit 1
fi
At end of this script, you'll get a module named "flashplayer_$ARCH_YYYY-MM-DD.xzm" placed in /tmp directory. You'll just need to activate this module and put it in your modules folder. A reboot of used browsers is needed in order to reload the Flash Library.

Supported browsers:
  1. Mozilla Firefox
  2. Opera
  3. Chromium
Root permissions not needed but recommended.

Enjoy!

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 06 May 2013, 18:50
by Rava

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  cp /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins
  cp /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/opera/plugins
  cp /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/opt/google/chromium/plugins
This will result in an unnecessary large module. Why copy the flashplayer 3 times instead of copying once and creating two symlinks with ln -sf instead?

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  cp /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/opera/plugins
  ln -sf ../../mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so 
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest/opt/google/chromium/plugins
  ln -sf /usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so
Also... you check if the extraction works okay.
So far, so good. But: why create a module when that failed? cause then all the cp an ln stuff would have failed, too.

And why not include the $ARCH in the resulting module name? Less confusion when a user both uses i386 and x86_64 Port. :)

Any why not including the YYYY-MM-DD of the /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so , as kind of "Version name" instead of just "latest"...

My attempt:

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#!/bin/bash
## ## FlashUpdater.pBuild by Hamza - http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=2022
# V0.2 changes by: rava
# Download latest flash player version

# Select right version to download
if [[ $(uname -m) == "x86_64" ]]; then ARCH="x86_64";LIB="64";else ARCH="i386";LIB="";fi

# Define URL scheme
URL_SCHEME="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_11_linux.$ARCH.tar.gz"

# Clean temp
[ -e "/tmp/flashplayer_latest" ] && rm -Rf "/tmp/flashplayer_latest"

# Make module structure
mkdir -p /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/{mozilla,opera}/plugins
mkdir -p /tmp/flashplayer_latest/opt/google/chromium/plugins

# Download latest flash player from Adobe
wget --progress=bar:force -O "/tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar.gz" $URL_SCHEME

# Unpacking the flashplayer archive
if [ -f /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar.gz ]; then
  gunzip /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar.gz
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest
  tar -xvf /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar
  cp /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/opera/plugins
  ln -sf ../../mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so 
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest/opt/google/chromium/plugins
  ln -sf /usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so
  rm /tmp/flashplayer_latest/{readme.txt,libflashplayer.so}
  rm /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar

  # using the timestamp of the flashplayer as "version" part of the filename.
  VERS=$(stat -c %y  /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so|cut -b 1-10)

  # Making of the final module if extraction was successful
  dir2xzm "/tmp/flashplayer_latest" "/tmp/flashplayer_${ARCH}_${VERS}.xzm"

  # Clean the system
  rm -Rf /tmp/flashplayer_latest

else

  # Extraction gave an error: give user a warning.
  echo "Warning! extraction failed. Look for more info above. Abort!"

  # Clean the system
  rm -Rf /tmp/flashplayer_latest

  # exit with error
  exit 1
fi
Hamza, your thoughts? I run it with x86-64 and i386 and it seems to just work okay.

The resulting module was either named flashplayer_x86_64_2013-05-06.xzm or flashplayer_i386_2013-05-06.xzm

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 06 May 2013, 18:57
by Rava
Rava wrote:

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  cp /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins
  cp /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/opera/plugins
  cp /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/opt/google/chromium/plugins
This will result in an unnecessary large module. Why copy the flashplayer 3 times instead of copying once and creating two symlinks with ln -sf instead?

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  cp /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/opera/plugins
  ln -sf ../../mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so 
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest/opt/google/chromium/plugins
  ln -sf /usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so
Also... you check if the extraction works okay.
So far, so good. But: why create a module when that failed? cause then all the cp an ln stuff would have failed, too.

And why not include the $ARCH in the resulting module name? Less confusion when a user both uses i386 and x86_64 Port. :)

Any why not including the YYYY-MM-DD of the /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so , as kind of "Version name" instead of just "latest"...

My attempt:

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash
## ## FlashUpdater.pBuild by Hamza - http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=2022
# V0.2 changes by: rava
# Download latest flash player version

# Select right version to download
if [[ $(uname -m) == "x86_64" ]]; then ARCH="x86_64";LIB="64";else ARCH="i386";LIB="";fi

# Define URL scheme
URL_SCHEME="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_11_linux.$ARCH.tar.gz"

# Clean temp
[ -e "/tmp/flashplayer_latest" ] && rm -Rf "/tmp/flashplayer_latest"

# Make module structure
mkdir -p /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/{mozilla,opera}/plugins
mkdir -p /tmp/flashplayer_latest/opt/google/chromium/plugins

# Download latest flash player from Adobe
wget --progress=bar:force -O "/tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar.gz" $URL_SCHEME

# Unpacking the flashplayer archive
if [ -f /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar.gz ]; then
  gunzip /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar.gz
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest
  tar -xvf /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar
  cp -p /tmp/flashplayer_latest/libflashplayer.so /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/opera/plugins
  ln -sf ../../mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so 
  cd /tmp/flashplayer_latest/opt/google/chromium/plugins
  ln -sf /usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so
  rm /tmp/flashplayer_latest/{readme.txt,libflashplayer.so}
  rm /tmp/flashplayer_latest/flashplayer.$$.tar

  # using the timestamp of the flashplayer as "version" part of the filename.
  VERS=$(stat -c %y  /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so|cut -b 1-10)

  # Making of the final module if extraction was successful
  dir2xzm "/tmp/flashplayer_latest" "/tmp/flashplayer_${ARCH}_${VERS}.xzm"

  # Clean the system
  rm -Rf /tmp/flashplayer_latest

else

  # Extraction gave an error: give user a warning.
  echo "Warning! extraction failed. Look for more info above. Abort!"

  # Clean the system
  rm -Rf /tmp/flashplayer_latest

  # exit with error
  exit 1
fi
Hamza, your thoughts? I run it with x86-64 and i386.

First, the resulting module was either named flashplayer_x86_64_2013-05-06.xzm or flashplayer_i386_2013-05-06.xzm
And the flashplayer itself had the timestamp while module creating. Now I changed that line to "cp -p". 8)

Now it should read the correct, original time stamp of the flashplayer and get the correct date to create the module name, too...

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 06 May 2013, 20:00
by Hamza
Oh, I missed your posts. Sorry.

This will result in an unnecessary large module. Why copy the flashplayer 3 times instead of copying once and creating two symlinks with ln -sf instead?
This would result in lighter module, yes. The problem is that an user is looking to reduce or delete supports of some browsers within the modules. There is, of course, a solution which is to save the original flash player module in /usr/local/bin/fashplayer or even in /usr/lib/flashplayer/ but I don't want to affect these directories with the script. In other words, I want to make the script the most safe possible.

So far, so good. But: why create a module when that failed? cause then all the cp an ln stuff would have failed, too.
As all my scripts, they have been written for my own use but wanted to share them for the community. They certainly need some improvements and you're free to provide them.

Any why not including the YYYY-MM-DD of the /tmp/flashplayer_latest/usr/lib$LIB/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so , as kind of "Version name" instead of just "latest"...
I like the idea to include timestamp into final module name.

And why not include the $ARCH in the resulting module name? Less confusion when a user both uses i386 and x86_64 Port.
I'm mainly using x86_64 so didn't think about this but that's a good idea.

You have made a nice work on the script, thank you!

EDIT:\\
I have updated the main post with your version. Seems to be a better version. Thanks!

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 07 May 2013, 11:59
by Rava
This would result in lighter module, yes. The problem is that an user is looking to reduce or delete supports of some browsers within the modules. There is, of course, a solution which is to save the original flash player module in /usr/local/bin/fashplayer or even in /usr/lib/flashplayer/ but I don't want to affect these directories with the script. In other words, I want to make the script the most safe possible.

But, when you use ln -s, then the users wanting to optimise the module will realize it is not needed, et voila.

Another issue is excluding the kde only stuff... this could be done via command line parameter, aka "-xfce" or "-lxe", in the case of our flashplayer pBuild it would both times do the same: not create the KDE folders and not copy the the KDE only stuff...

You have made a nice work on the script, thank you!
I have updated the main post with your version. Seems to be a better version. Thanks!

Yay! :Yahoo!: Glad to have been of so much service.

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 07 May 2013, 15:22
by bour59
@Hamza & Rava
many thanks to re-open the pBuild Scripts .
With libflasplayer.so created by

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URL_SCHEME="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_11_linux.$ARCH.tar.gz"
the version is 11.2.202.235
If you use

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URL_SCHEME="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/11/flashplayer_11_plugin_debug.i386.tar.gz"
the version is 11.2.202.280
I dont't know which version is better !

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 07 May 2013, 15:44
by Hamza
That is development version which can't be considered as stable for public distribution.

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 07 May 2013, 20:53
by Rava
Hamza wrote:That is development version which can't be considered as stable for public distribution.
I presume the version with the higher version number is the dev version.
bour59 wrote:@Hamza & Rava
many thanks to re-open the pBuild Scripts .
You're welcome. :)

bour59, do you use a 64 or 32 bit Port?
Hamza, why is there a difference?
When bour59 is running the pBuild when running a x86 (=32 bit) Porteus (and I presume he does!), both links he wrote should be the same .

When he is running x86-64 the result sure differs. But you cannot use a flashplayer form the wrong ARCH, unless you run x86-64 Port with 32 bit libs included. But that will result in decreased performance...

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 07 May 2013, 21:21
by Hamza
Hamza, why is there a difference?
He mentioned a development version which isn't included.

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 07 May 2013, 21:32
by Rava
He mentioned a development version which isn't included.

Silly me missed the difference of the URLs when it comes to the get/pub and current/updaters parts.

Now it all makes sense... :wall: :oops:

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 09 May 2013, 07:43
by bour59
Another way to get flashplayer(280) is to use ppm and get the txz in alien repo
this is your choice (I prefer pbuid)

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 09 May 2013, 11:02
by Hamza
this is your choice (I prefer pbuid)
Thank you! :)

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 20 Jun 2013, 02:11
by Rava
Strange enough, the pBuild fails when I used in in x86-64 for Port 2.0...

Firefox insists that there is no flashplayer installed. Should I upload the resulting module so that you folks can look into it?

I could also create (yet another) debug version of this pBuild that tells me more info and not deletes the folders and files in the end... for debugging (yet again) :(

Would file recognise if the resulting flashplayer is 32 or 64 bit?

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 01 Nov 2013, 04:57
by Rava
hamza, now something seems to go wrong with this pBuild... :(

Running it, it downloads me this version of Flash Player (running x86-64 Porteus)

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-rw-rw-r-- 1  501 19216752 2012-04-27 21:44 libflashplayer.so
When I download it via adobe.com, and look into the tar.gz, then I have this version:

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-rw-rw-r-- 1  501 19233136 2013-08-20 18:10 libflashplayer.so

Re: FlashUpdater

Posted: 01 Nov 2013, 07:27
by Hamza
Try to download (from browser) with the link provided in pBuild.
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