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While trying new browsers I keep reverting back to the Firefox 51 tazpkg.
But I can't get the latest flashplayer to work with it.
I have been trying what I have always done before: download latest tar.gz ... unpack and place libflashplayer in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins but that doesn't work.
I also tried following the bundled install instructions and also putting the included /usr in the Slitaz /usr directory ... but still it din't work.
Any suggestions?
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What does [c]about:plugins[/c] show?
- shows Shockwave Flash? -> "binary" problem (plugin doesn't work)
- doesn't show Shockwave Flash? -> installation problem, FF doesn't find the plugin. Launch FF from terminal to see error messages; also try [c]MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins firefox[/c]
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I have two laptops that I use Slitaz on ... after trying lots of different things one of them has now started seeing libflashplayer.so in the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory .... but I'm not actually sure what it was that I did to get it to find it.
The other one ... no matter what I try never seems to find it ... 
How do I use the "MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins firefox" variable?
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Open /etc/profile as root user in text editor.
At the bottom of the file add:
export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
Save the file and reboot.
Verify work is correct:
Open terminal.
Type in terminal:
set | grep MOZ
Hit Enter
You should see reply:
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
Type in terminal:
[c]echo "$MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH"[/c]
Hit Enter
You should see reply:
[c]/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins[/c]
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I did what you suggested and confirmed it in terminal ... firefox still didn't list the plugin in about:plugins.
On further investigation it appears firefox is seeing the plugin but flagging it as "invalid"?
I found a file in the ********.default folder in the firefox installation directory called pluginreg.dat and here are the contents:
Generated File. Do not edit.
[HEADER]
Version:0.17:$
Arch:x86-gcc3:$
[PLUGINS]
[INVALID]
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so:$
1485806664000:$
Any idea what could be causing this?
I am doing this on a brand new install and have downloaded the flashplayer.tar.gz and unpacked a few more times to make sure the libflashplayer.so was not just a corrupt download.
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Firefox-51.0.1 [32-bit] with Adobe Flash Plugin 24.0.0.221 the current versions work on my 5.0 full install.
Use this command as root while connected to the internet:
[c]tazpkg -gi flash-plugin --extra[/c]
Restart firefox, test install here: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
root@slitaz:/home/tux # tazpkg -gi flash-plugin --extra
Folder "/var/cache/tazpkg/extra/packages" does not contain packages
Connecting to fpdownload.adobe.com (104.91.172.77:443)
flash_player_npapi_l 100% |*******************************| 8947k 0:00:00 ETA
Find depends...
for libplds4.so
Packing package "flash-plugin-24.0.0.221"
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Creating the list of files... [ Done ]
Creating md5sum of files... [ Done ]
Compressing the FS... [ Done ]
Updating receipt sizes... [ Done ]
Creating full cpio archive... [ Done ]
Restoring original package tree... [ Done ]
================================================================================
Package "flash-plugin-24.0.0.221" compressed successfully.
Size: 6.1M
Tracking dependencies for package "flash-plugin"
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Missing package "webian-shell"
Missing package "ossp-uuid"
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2 missing packages to install.
Unable to find package "webian-shell" in the extra packages list.
Unable to find package "ossp-uuid" in the extra packages list.
Installation of package "flash-plugin"
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Adobe Flash Player.
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Copying package... [ Done ]
Extracting package... [ Done ]
Remember modified packages... [ Done ]
Installing package... [ Done ]
Removing all tmp files... [ Done ]
Execute post-install commands... [ Done ]
Processing post install commands... [ Done ]
Update system databases... [ Done ]
================================================================================
Package "flash-plugin" (24.0.0.221) is installed.
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I get an error here when trying that:
root@slitaz:/home/tux# tazpkg -gi flash-plugin --extra
Folder "/var/cache/tazpkg/extra/packages" does not contain packages
/usr/libexec/tazpkg/get: /var/cache/tazpkg/extra/flash-plugin: line 1: syntax error: unexpected redirection
root@slitaz:/home/tux#
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