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Install Flash 9 debugging on Linux

I have been trying for some time to use the ExternalInterface.call method in flash, to no avail (see here actionscript + javascript here: Using ExternalInterface in Flash and here: outputting Flash traces in firefox, linux ), and now I'm trying to track ExternalInterface. available. So far, the best option is FlashTracer for firefox, except that I have flash player 9 installed. I deleted my old flash player and uploaded the corresponding files ( http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/ 9 / flash_player_9_linux_dev.tar.gz ). According to the included readme, these are the steps to install:

Installing the debugger tar.gz plugin using the Install script:
o the debugger plugin is located at:
. / plugin / debugger / install _flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
o Unzip the tar.gz file
o In the terminal, go to the unpacked directory and enter:
+ $. / flashplayer-installer
+ Press the "Enter" button and follow the prompts

except that there is no file named flashplayer in the debugger directory. Has anyone else come across this? How to install flash player 9 in Ubuntu system?

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If you use something like Ubuntu, the Flash plugin is probably a system plugin. For example, in Ubuntu 8.10 I have:

/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer

Additionally you will find at:

 /etc/alternatives/

so you can change which .so is used depending on the user.

The simplest thing you could do if the ./flashplayer-installer file ./flashplayer-installer not exist (although I have one) is to copy the debug flashplayer library to this directory. eg:

 root@me :/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer# mv libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.non-debug.so root@me :/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer# cp ~jamie/Adobe_Flex_Builder_Linux/Player/linux/install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.debug.so root@me :/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer# ln -s libflashplayer.debug.so libflashplayer.so
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I did not see the problems that you have, and perhaps your requirements limit you to the older version, but I had great success with the flashplayer 10 debugger . You can try this and see if it works.

Edit: Ahh, I just noticed one very important expression that you made: you need flashplayer 9. Sorry = (

Edit 2: I just did the same with me on Linux. When I extracted tar.gz from Adobe, the script installation was missing. This said that I was able to get debug version 9 installed anyway.

When you checked out, did you see the libflashplayer.so file? I did not have the installation script, but I got this file. If so, all you have to do is the following:

  • Close all instances of Firefox
  • Backing up the current module libflashplayer.so : ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so.org (this way, if something goes wrong, you can always return it)
  • Copy the version extracted from the download of the Flash player to the same plugins directory: cp /path/to/vers/9/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/
  • Restart Firefox, open the Flash application and right-click to check the version

These steps worked fine for me, and I was able to run the Flex Builder debugger on Linux. Hope this works for you!

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One way to do this is to download the flex 3 SDK for Linux. When you download it, you will get a pair of tar. You can find this in ~ / flex_sdk_3 / runtimes / 10 if you want to install flashplayer 10 and ~ / flex_sdk_3 / runtimes / lnx / if you want to use flashplayer 9. Expand these files (flashplayer.tar.gz and libflashplayer.so. tar.gz with tar -xvf). Now the cp libflashplayer.so file is in / usr / lib / mozilla / plugins / and if you want to create symbolic links (ln -s flashplayer / usr / local / bin so the player is on your way

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Tip for anyone looking for this, how I did it ... find out where libflashplayer.so is now located:

 sudo locate libflashplayer.so

Mina was in / usr / lib / flashplugin -installer /

As soon as I replaced this file with a debug version of the file, Firefox reported that I had a debug version of the player.

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I also had the same issue with the flash player debugger. I followed the instructions given by bedwyr. It worked for me. To make it work, you create a directory called 'plugins' in ~ / .mozilla if the plugins directory is not found.

 mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins

Then I copied libflashplayer.so to the plugins directory. Now the flash player debugger worked for my Flex Builder application.

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