acer aspire one netbook running linux. can i update to the latest firefox?

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cheers

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Go to the Abobe site:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?no_redirect

make sure it says:
Adobe Flash Player version 10.2.159.1
Linux

now in the drop down list, select:
.tar.gz for Linux

put the downloaded install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz file in your Home folder. ← important

open a terminal and enter:

tar -xzf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

then

mv ~/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

(if you get an error here, let me know)

then close ALL running instances of Firefox… and restart it… look in “plugins” again to see if version 10 is now listed in there… if BOTH version 9 and 10 are present, disable the version 9 one… restart firefox again and test your games.

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how do i select to save in home folder? its set to download to download folder, i can go into the firefox preferences and change folders to save to, but which is the home folder?

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Don’t worry about it… just change the commands to:

cd ~/Downloads

then

tar -xzf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

then

mv ~/Downloads/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
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done 3rd line of code and it came back with an error:

mv: cannot move /home/user/Downloads/libflashplayer.so' to /home/user/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so’: No such file or directory

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OK do this:

mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins

then

mv ~/Downloads/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
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done restarted firefox using original icon (so opening firefox 3.6) checked plugins and flash 10 is now in there and 9 has disapeared, checked facebook games and they work! thank you very much!

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You’re welcome. :slight_smile:

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what do i need to do to open firefox 4 from the icon now?

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OK, try this… close Firefox, then in a terminal:

sudo mv /opt/firefox /opt/firefox36

then

sudo mv /opt/firefox4 /opt/firefox

reopen firefox from your icon… if it doesn’t work, this will put you back to FF3.6

sudo mv /opt/firefox /opt/firefox4

then

sudo mv /opt/firefox36 /opt/firefox
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works like a charm! i cant thank you enough!

might as well get the other netbook up to date now as well lol, lets hope that one is easier

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Make SURE you back up the original (working) copy of /opt/firefox first.

First thing to do:

sudo cp /opt/firefox /opt/firefox-backup

just in case :wink:

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will do

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For anyone else who stumbles across this topic …

Full instructions to install Firefox 7 on an Acer Aspire One running Linpus Lite Linux can be found here:
http://linuxforums.org.uk/index.php?topic=9707.0