CentOS /RHEL: How To Install Adobe Flash Player 11.2
This post will guide you how to install the latest version of adobe flash player 11.2 on your centos 7/centos 6.5 or rhel 7/rhel 6.5. How to install the adobe flash player under linux operating system? I will show you how to install the adobe flash player with below two ways.
#1: install adobe flash player 11.2 via GUI(using firefox browser)
#2: install adobe flash player 11.2 using yum command
CentOS /RHEL Install Adobe Flash Player Via Firefox Browser
Step1# open firefox browser, directly go the official download page of adobe flash player, the adobe site will detect your system automatically, you just need to choose the correct rpm package, select “YUM for Linux(YUM)“.
Step2# click “download now” to download adobe yum repository.
Step3# system will prompt you that if you want to install that file. click “install“, the installation of adobe flash player will start and it will also resolve dependencies.
step4# click “next” to go to next page. so for, the adobe flash player is installed on your system.
CentOS /RHEL Install Adobe Flash Player 11.2 Using Yum Command
Step1# downloading the adobe yum repository RPM package to resolve package dependencies while installing adobe flash player package. issue the following command:
# For x86-64 system
wget http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
# For X86
wget http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
outputs:
[root@osetc~]# wget http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm . -- http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm Resolving linuxdownload.adobe.com (linuxdownload.adobe.com)... 193.104.215.69 Connecting to linuxdownload.adobe.com (linuxdownload.adobe.com)|193.104.215.69|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 4256 (4.2K) [application/x-rpm] Saving to: ‘adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm’ 100%[======================================>] 4,256 9.21KB/s in 0.5s (9.21 KB/s) - ‘adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm’ saved [4256/4256] -Resolving . (.)... failed: Name or service not known. wget: unable to resolve host address ‘.’ FINISHED -- Total wall clock time: 2.3s Downloaded: 1 files, 4.2K in 0.5s (9.21 KB/s)
Step2# Install adobe yum repository package by running the following command:
rpm -ivh adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
outputs:
[root@osetc ~]# rpm -ivh adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm warning: adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID f6777c67: NOKEY Preparing... ################################# [100%] Updating / installing... 1:adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1 ################################# [100%]
Step3#: Start to install Adobe Flash Player 11.2 and dependency packages using yum command,type:
yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl
outputs:
[root@osetc~]# yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks adobe-linux-x86_64 | 951 B 00:00 adobe-linux-x86_64/primary | 1.2 kB 00:01 Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.bit.edu.cn * epel: ftp6.sjtu.edu.cn * extras: mirror.bit.edu.cn * nux-dextop: li.nux.ro * updates: mirror.bit.edu.cn adobe-linux-x86_64 2/2 No package nspluginwrapper available. Package alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.27-3.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package libcurl-7.29.0-19.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:11.2.202.425-release will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: flash-plugin x86_64 11.2.202.425-release adobe-linux-x86_64 6.9 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package Total download size: 6.9 M Installed size: 19 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: warning: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/adobe-linux-x86_64/packages/flash-plugin-11.2.202.425-release.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID f6777c67: NOKEY Public key for flash-plugin-11.2.202.425-release.x86_64.rpm is not installed flash-plugin-11.2.202.425-release.x86_64.rpm | 6.9 MB 05:28 Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux Importing GPG key 0xF6777C67: Userid : "Adobe Systems Incorporated (Linux RPM Signing Key) <secure@adobe.com>" Fingerprint: 78a8 75e9 7f09 06bd 6355 73fa 3a69 bd24 f677 7c67 Package : adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch (@/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch) From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux Is this ok [y/N]: y Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : flash-plugin-11.2.202.425-release.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : flash-plugin-11.2.202.425-release.x86_64 1/1 Installed: flash-plugin.x86_64 0:11.2.202.425-release Complete!
Step4# Checking if Adobe Flash Player 11.2 is installed, issue the following command:
[root@osetc ~]# rpm -qa | grep flash flash-plugin-11.2.202.425-release.x86_64
done…..
