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sfeeley · Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Posts: 807

I recently installed tuxxx's lightweight firepup browser. So far, I like it a great deal.
But, how do I upgrade/install flash?

ps. I'm running puppy 2.16 (as it seems to run the best on my older machine)
pss. I'm a newbie in training

ttuuxxx · Posted: Mon 12 Apr 2010, 21:12 Post subject:

hi
just make a folder in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and download the latest flash and place it in the folder.
or install the pet found http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=188789
ttuuxxx

john biles · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1323 Location: Australia

Hello ttuuxxx,
I noticed he's running Puppy 2.16 which normally doesn't play well with Flash 10 due to glibc 2.3.5
Didn't you once post a trick to make Flash 10 work with glibc's older than recommended?

ttuuxxx · Posted: Mon 12 Apr 2010, 21:47 Post subject:

ttuuxxx · Posted: Mon 12 Apr 2010, 21:52 Post subject:

also another method on 2.14X I system linked glibC from 3 series which was libc-2.5.so, But that is a complex method. Probably better with the above flash.
ttuuxxx

sfeeley · Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Posts: 807

Thanks for both of your responses--its this sort of help that makes a newbie like me feel welcome in puppy.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be working. I've tried all of the suggestions, but still get the missing plugin symbol on pages requiring flash.

I installed the pet that tuxxx recommended, but it showed some missing dependencies. I'm attaching a screenshot.

Also I put a copy of flash in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins . Still no luck. Is there any chance that you meant the FirePupv4 plugins folder (i.e not mozilla) ?

(p.s.: I've played around with Tuxx's 214x series and it looks lovely, but I've been sticking with puppy 2.16 because the sound seems to run smoother. Otherwise I'd probably switch )

Unfortunately, its late where I am, so I'm probably signing off for the night. Again, thanks for all the help so far.

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sfeeley · Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Posts: 807

Thanks for both of your responses--its this sort of help that makes a newbie like me feel welcome in puppy.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be working. I've tried all of the suggestions, but still get the missing plugin symbol on pages requiring flash.

I installed the pet that tuxxx recommended, but it showed some missing dependencies. I'm attaching a screenshot.

Also I put a copy of flash in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins . Still no luck. Is there any chance that you meant the FirePupv4 plugins folder (i.e not mozilla) ?

(p.s.: I've played around with Tuxx's 214x series and it looks lovely, but I've been sticking with puppy 2.16 because the sound seems to run smoother. Otherwise I'd probably switch )

Unfortunately, its late where I am, so I'm probably signing off for the night. Again, thanks for all the help so far.

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ttuuxxx · Posted: Mon 12 Apr 2010, 23:26 Post subject:

sfeeley · Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Posts: 807

umm . . . now I show how much of a newbie I am. When I move the files I get:
Copy
Move
Link (relative)
Link (absolute)

which is system link?

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 13 Apr 2010, 00:49 Post subject:

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 13 Apr 2010, 00:52 Post subject:

did you want a small version of gimp included? would add about 4.5mb compressed to the iso.
ttuuxxx

sfeeley · Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Posts: 807

Tuxxxx,
a tuxxx-ed up version of 2.16 sounds lovely. You're far too kind! Very Happy

That said, its an old small sony vaio superslim notebook that I carry around with me. I don't have the docking station, so no printing adjustments are necessary. Likewise, I don't think I need Gimp either.

Basically, I use the computer to type on openoffice (the stripped down 2 series), surf the web, and stream music (hopefully with flash-based pandora-- hence my questions about flash).

So if you want to play around on 2.16 do so by all means, but if it feels like work, don't put yourself out.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 13 Apr 2010, 11:22 Post subject:

Well I've been playing around with it all day, lol I updated the package manager because older 2 series like this one had issues installing large packages, so that's fixed, I enabled GTK2 themes and compiled 2 gtk2 theme engines, and a few themes, they just look so much better, I had to compile&hack chtheme gtk2 theme chooser, well to give rox the modern gtk2 look with icons without updating gtk, you have write in /root/.gtkrc-2.0 but every time you select a theme in chtheme it clears /root/.gtkrc-2.0 and places the theme there, then the newer gtk2 icons gets tossed and rox looks like crap again, so I edited the sources and now when you use chtheme it writes to .gtkrc-2.0.mine and doesn't touch .gtkrc-2.0, works rather well Smile

flash 10 is working fine also. I removed Seamonkey also.
I'm going to have to finish this tomorrow its getting late tonight Smile

ttuuxxx

sfeeley · Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Posts: 807

Thanks for going far above and beyond the call of duty. I"m looking forward to it!

ttuuxxx · Posted: Thu 15 Apr 2010, 10:23 Post subject:

here ya go, hope you like it Smile

added Pburn (plus deps),LXtask,Htop and the latest Pfind
ttuuxxx
http://puppylinux.ca/tpp/ttuuxxx/2.16series/puppy-216-Firepup.iso
username:puppy
password:linux

md5sum
cf0d69577ef630ae3ce5e2d3e43029f9