Flash Player installation instructions

Windows
Mac
Linux
Solaris

General

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Windows

Installation instructions for Windows Internet Explorer

Installation of Adobe Flash Player may require administrative access to your PC, which is normally provided by your IT department. It is recommended that you close all other open browser windows before continuing with the installation.
Click the Install Now button to automatically download and install Adobe Flash Player into Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Depending on your security settings, you may see a Security Warning dialog box. Click Install to install the ActiveX control.
When the installation is complete, you will see the Adobe Flash Player logo and text.

Installation instructions for Windows non-Internet Explorer

Installation of Adobe Flash Player may require administrative access to your PC, which is normally provided by your IT department. For the installation to succeed, you may be asked to close all open browser windows during the installation.
Click the Download Now button. A dialog box will appear asking you where to save the Installer.
Save the Installer to your desktop, and wait for it to download completely.
An Installer icon will appear on your desktop. Double-click on it.
You may be prompted to close open browser windows to continue with the installation.
You can verify the version you have installed by visiting the About Flash Player page.

Mac

Installation instructions for MacOSX and MacPPC

Installation of Adobe Flash Player may require administrative access to your PC, which is normally provided by your IT department. For the installation to succeed, you will be asked to close all open browser windows during the installation.
Click the download link to begin installation. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to save the installer to your desktop.
Save the Installer to your desktop, and wait for it to download completely.
Read and click through the dialog boxes. You will be prompted to close all open browser windows to continue with the installation.
When the Install button appears, click it to install Adobe Flash Player into your browser's plug-ins folder.
You can verify the version you have installed by visiting the About Flash Player page.

Linux (x86)

Installation instructions for tar.gz

Click the "Download .tar.gz" link. A dialog box will appear asking you where to save the file.
Save the .tar.gz file to your desktop and wait for the file to download completely.
Unpackage the file. A directory called install_flash_player_9_linux will be created.
In terminal, navigate to this directory and type ./flashplayer-installer to run the installer. Click Enter. The installer will instruct you to shut down your browser(s).
Once the installation is complete, the plug-in will be installed in your Mozilla browser. To verify, launch Mozilla and choose Help > About Plug-ins from the browser menu.

Installation instructions for .rpm

Click the "Download .rpm" link. A dialog box will appear asking you where to save the file.
Save the .rpm file to your desktop and wait for the file to download completely.
In terminal, navigate to the desktop and type # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file>. Click Enter. (Note: This must be done as a root user). The installer will instruct you to shut down your browser(s).
Once the installation is complete, the plug-in will be installed in your Mozilla browser. To verify, launch Mozilla and choose Help > About Plug-ins from the browser menu.

Installation instructions for the YUM repository definition

Click the “Download .rpm” link. A dialog box will appear asking you where to save the file.
Save the .rpm file to your desktop and wait for the file to download completely.
In terminal, navigate to the desktop and type # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file>. Click Enter. (Note: This must be done as a root user).
Once the installation is complete, in terminal, type # yum install flash-plugin. Click Enter. (Note: This must be done as a root user).
To verify the plugin is installed in Mozilla, launch Mozilla and choose Help > About Plug-ins from the browser menu.
To get the most up-to-date Flash Player in the future, simply type # yum update flash-plugin in terminal. You will not need to repeat steps 1-4.

Solaris

Installation instructions for Solaris SPARC

Click the "Download Now" button. A dialog box will ask you where to save the Installer. The following section assumes that you have unpacked the archive flash_player_9_solaris_sparc.tar.bz2 into the top level of your user directory. Your user directory is referred to as $HOME. Adobe Flash Player can be installed in two ways:

A. Install Adobe Flash Player system-wide, making it available to all users of the computer

-or-

B. Install Adobe Flash Player in a user account, making it available only to that user.

A. Installing Adobe Flash Player System-Wide:

You will need root access to the computer to install Adobe Flash Player system-wide.
Copy Adobe Flash Player (libflashplayer.so) into the Firefox/Mozilla plug-in directory.
Restart Firefox/Mozilla.
Verify the installation by typing about:plugins in the location bar or by choosing Help > About Plugins. You should see Adobe Flash Player listed as "Shockwave Flash 9.0 "
To test Adobe Flash Player go to: http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayerversion

B. Installing Adobe Flash Player in a User Account:

If you have not already used Firefox/Mozilla from the user account, launch Firefox/Mozilla and close it. This will create a preferences directory (/.mozilla) in your home directory.
Create a directory named "plugins" in the Firefox/Mozilla preferences directory. If the mkdir command reports the error "cannot make directory: File exists", this means that the directory was already present and did not need to be created.
Copy libflashplayer.so and flashplayer.xpt into the plug-in directory.
Restart Firefox/Mozilla
Verify the installation by typing about:plugins in the location bar or by choosing Help > About Plugins. You should see Adobe Flash Player listed as "Shockwave Flash 9.0 "
To test Adobe Flash Player go to: http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayerversion

Installation instructions for Solaris x86

Click the "Download Now" button. A dialog box will ask you where to save the Installer. The following section assumes that you have unpacked the archive flash_player_9_solaris_x86.tar.bz2 into the top level of your user directory. Your user directory is referred to as $HOME.The Adobe Flash Player can be installed in two ways:

A. Install Adobe Flash Player system-wide, making it available to all users of the computer

-or-

B. Install Adobe Flash Player in a user account, making it available only to that user.

A. Installing Adobe Flash Player System-Wide:

You will need root access to the computer to install Adobe Flash Player system-wide.
Copy Adobe Flash Player (libflashplayer.so) into the Firefox/Mozilla plug-in directory.
Restart Firefox/Mozilla.
Verify the installation by typing about:plugins in the location bar or by choosing Help > About Plugins. You should see Adobe Flash Player listed as "shockwave Flash Player 9.0 "
To test Adobe Flash Player go to: http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayerversion

B. Installing the Adobe Flash Player in a User Account:

If you have not already used Firefox/Mozilla from the user account, launch Netscape/Mozilla and close it. This will create a preferences directory (/.mozilla) in your home directory.
Create a directory named "plugins" in the Firefox/Mozilla preferences directory. If the mkdir command reports the error "cannot make directory: File exists", this means that the directory was already present and did not need to be created.
Copy libflashplayer.so and flashplayer.xpt into the plug-in directory.
Restart Firefox/Mozilla
Verify the installation by typing about:plugins in the location bar or by choosing Help > About Plugins. You should see Adobe Flash Player listed as "Shockwave Flash Player 9.0 "
To test Adobe Flash Player go to: http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayerversion