upgrading to Flash Player version 7

[dryice]

Hi folks,

Please help me with upgrading the Flash player from the default version 6 to version 7.

I've downloaded the Linux version of the Flash player from Adobe. The instruction says that I can only install this from the command line. So I installed the Osso Xterm utility and followed the instruction from the following page to get root access on my device:

http://www.maemo.org/maemowiki/HowDoiBecomeRoot2

The Flash player installer is a shell script that basically locates the plug-in directory of the browser and copies 2 files there. But every time I tried to run the script, I got the file-not-found system message:

-sh: ./flashplayer-installer: not found

The Flasy player instruction also says that I can manually copy these 2 files to the browser plug-in directory. The trouble is that I can't find where the plug-in directory is.

I have the 1.2006.26-8 image from Nokia. Can someone please help me?

thanks

[dryice]

guess I'll answer part of my own question. Just read another thread in the forum. Turns out that the Flash ver7 I downloaded is compiled for x86 (Intel/AMD) CPUs. The 770 has a TI chip based on an ARM9 core. It's a good thing that my install was not successful :p

But... this still doesn't explain why I can't even run the shell script. Still hope someone could help me out with that part of the puzzle.

[mallard]

Obviously you don't want to run this shell script, but a few pointers:
Make sure it has the execute attribute set (chmod +x filename).
Make sure that the first line in the shell script looks similar to this: #!/path/to/shell (and check that the path and shell actually exist).
Make sure you are in the same directory as the script. Xterm puts you in the root (/) directory by default. The "cd" command on its own will get you to your home and "cd .mydocs" will then get you to the top level of what you see in the file manager.

If all else fails, you can run scripts using "sh filename" instead. This does not require the execute attribute set on the script.

[kimmoj]

Just in case someone comes along and tries to do this, it should be stated for the record that at the moment there is no way to upgrade Flash. It almost has to be done by Nokia in a new OS release.

Personally, I'm dreaming about a newer Opera and a newer Flash... but not holding my breath.

[dryice]

okay, the only way that I got the script to run was using "/bin/sh <file name>". I looked over the code a bit before I ran and made sure that it won't mess up anything. Anyways, thanks a lot for your help on this topic!! I think I'll leave this Flash player business to Nokia and Adobe.

cheers.