Flash problems on FreeBSD 6.3

[Vahagn]

Hello,-

I am having some trouble installing Flash on FreeBSD 6.3 with Gnome.

I have tried:
1. Installing the www/linuxpluginwrapper
2. Installing the www/linux-flashplugin7
3. Uninstalling the two above, as they didn't work
4. Installing the www/nspluginwrapper

Now that I try to re-install the linux-flashplugin, I get this:

signon# cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin7 && make install clean
===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
===>  Found saved configuration for linux-flashplugin-7.0r70
=> fp7_archive.zip doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin.
=> Attempting to fetch from http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/.
fetch: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp7_archive.zip: size mismatch: expected 33513720, actual 39658950
=> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/.
fetch: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
=> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
=> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin and try again.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin7.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin7.
signon#

I have posted about this problem previously at:

http://freebsdbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58568

I've also searched this forum for cues, but nothing has helped me yet. What I've found:

http://daemonforums.org/showthread.p...ighlight=flash

is that one has to install Flash from ports, but when that doesn't work - what's one supposed to do?

Thanks, Vahagn

[corey_james]

The errors are simply saying that the file no longer exists at that location. You could fetch the file manually and put it in /usr/ports/distfiles .

I'm assuming your ports are up to date ?

[DrJ]

I've had the same issue with Flash on and off. I updated r70 to r73 over the weekend, and it reports back that it is r63 that got installed. No idea why, and my question to -ports has not been answered yet.

Since it did work, though, do update your ports and try again. It ought to work.

[Vahagn]

My ports are up to date - just to be sure, I ran portupgrade -ai and here's the result:

Packages processed: 0 done, 714 ignored, 0 skipped and 0 failed
---> Session ended at: Wed, 14 May 2008 12:32:49 +0200 (consumed 00:03:55)

Also, I don't quite get how to "manually" fecth the file. If the URL at which is the file's address is no longer in use, how can that file be accessed?

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/po...p7_archive.zip

says: 550 no such directory.

/ Vahagn

[DrJ]

I should have said, is your ports tree up-to-date? Use cvsup, csup, or equivalent to update and try installing again.

[Vahagn]

All right, I updated the ports tree with csup. Then, I uninstalled the flashplugin and then, with the ports up-to-date, I installed it again:

signon# cd linux-flashplugin7
signon# ls
Makefile        distinfo        pkg-descr
signon# make install clean
===>  Found saved configuration for linux-flashplugin-7.0r70
===>  Extracting for linux-flashplugin-7.0r73
=> MD5 Checksum OK for flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip.
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip.
===>   linux-flashplugin-7.0r73 depends on executable: unzip - found
===>  Patching for linux-flashplugin-7.0r73
(cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin7/work/fp7_archive/r73 && /usr/bin/tar -xzf install_flash_player_7_linux_r73.tar.gz)
===>  Configuring for linux-flashplugin-7.0r73
===>  Installing for linux-flashplugin-7.0r73
===>   linux-flashplugin-7.0r73 depends on executable: nspluginwrapper - found
===>   linux-flashplugin-7.0r73 depends on file: /compat/linux/etc/fedora-release - found
===>   Generating temporary packing list
===>  Checking if www/linux-flashplugin7 already installed
===>   Registering installation for linux-flashplugin-7.0r73
===>  Cleaning for linux-flashplugin-7.0r73
signon#

Now that I visit a Flash site it says I have an old version of Adobe Flash Player and need to update it to make it work.

Any ideas as to how to achieve that milestone ?

Thanks.

/ Vahagn