Flash plugin PLZ HELP!

[Absent Shdow]

Well firstly, I am a mojor newb when it comes to linux. I decided that it would be worth a try since i bought a AMD 64 and would not get windows for a few weeks. But it has become so complecated to do such a simple task it makes me doubt the usefullness of installing linux. My main problem is that i can install the 'Package' just fine but i dont know where it goes from there? where do the 'packages' I install go? this is not the only program i have tried that when i install the program it just says 'package installed' and vanishes.

[h4d]

A couple of questions in order to answer yours. Which package did you install? and How did you install it (yum, downloaded rpm and installed, compiled source)?
If it´s the flash player plugin for mozilla, try accessing a website that uses flash and that way you´ll check if it´s intalled. But if I knew it was an rpm you installed, you could do (from a terminal)

rpm -qa |grep flash

Hope this helps a bit, but as I said, we need more info, especially how it is that you installed it.

[Absent Shdow]

I think it is a .rpm file. I tried going to a flash website and apperently i still dont have it. It just says "Flash plugin installed" but i dont know the directory it was put in. I am so used to windows and this is really weird to me.

[Absent Shdow]

i dont understand the consept of a 'package'

[amit2301]

install firefox browser from www.mozilla.org
it detects the plugins automatically
moreover u can download the flashplayer for linux from www.macromedia.com

[amit2301]

if u r looking fr the file, use this command at the root directory .... type : #cd /
#find . -name <name of file you desire to search> -print

[Absent Shdow]

well the thing is. I have installed the 'package' but i want to know how i open the thing it installed this is not the only app i have had a problem finding the executibles to. i assume packages are like setup siles right?

[Absent Shdow]

and firefox always comes up 'fail' after i install it

[Absent Shdow]

well i think i figured out how to do it but it says only the 'Owner' can move files... But I AM the owner. How can i give myself privledges?

[cybrjackle]

Are you talking about firefox right now or a different package? Another way to find everything that an rpm has touched is to run the following command:

$rpm -ql firefox

another way to find exectuables is

$ whereis firefox
firefox: /usr/bin/firefox /usr/sbin/firefox /usr/lib/firefox

the "executable" in this example is /usr/bin/firefox, however anything in /usr/bin should be in your users path:

$ echo $PATH
/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib64/ccache/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/justin/bin

As you can see from this example, "/usr/bin" is in my path so simple executing "firefox" in a terminal with the "&" to run it in the background.

$firefox&

Will launch firefox.

[cybrjackle]

Originally Posted by Absent Shdow

well i think i figured out how to do it but it says only the 'Owner' can move files... But I AM the owner. How can i give myself privledges?

What file are you talking you are the owner of? The way to look in a terminal is:

$ ls -la 
drwxrwxr-x    2 justin justin      4096 Dec 18 11:32 Documents

That means the following:
d = directory
r = read (owner)
w = write (owner)
x = execute (owner)
r = read (group)
w = write ( greop)
x = execute (group)
r = read (other)
- = no permision (other)
x = execute (other)

first justin = owner
second justin = group

So this means that the:

User justin has read/write/execute permisions on the dir Documents
Group justin has read/write/execute permisions on the dir Documents
Other(everyone on the system) can read/execute the dir Documents but can't write to it.

Example with a text file:

$ touch readme
$ ls -la readme
-rw-rw-r--  1 justin justin 0 Dec 22 22:26 readme
$ chmod u+x readme ; chmod go-rwx readme
[justin@morpheus ~]$ ls -la readme
-rwx------  1 justin justin 0 Dec 22 22:26 readme

- = file
The rest of that means that only the user "justin" can read/write/execute the file readme, while the rest of the world can't even view it.

$ echo test 1,2,3 >> readme
$ cat readme
test 1,2,3

As you can see me "justin" could write and view the file readme


Thats as good as my explanation can get