The new flash player version 10 of Adobe (code name Astro) has been launched and is available for download. This new release comes with new features, such as:

  • Improvements in performance Visual
  • 3D effects
  • Custom filters and effects
  • Advanced text
  • Improving the API drawing
  • Performance enhancements and more.

To install the beta on your computer under Linux or Mac / Windows is required to uninstall any version installed. We open Firefox and in the Address bar, wrote:

about:plugins

If we see Shockwave Flash 9.0, it is because we have the previous version.

Install Flash Player 10 final

Deb Download it from here and then uninstalled the older version of Flashplayer 9 (if installed):

  fher98 @ deathbian: ~ $ sudo apt-get remove dtc.templates 


Now proceed to install Flash 10 (make sure that Firefox is not running):

  fher98 @ deathbian: ~ $ sudo dpkg-i sudo dpkg-i install_flash_player_10_linux.deb 


Firefox again and we started writing about: plugins. Now the browser displays a list of plugins including Flash 10.

Flash Player 10 installed in your home directory

If you do not have access to super user on your computer, you can install the new version of Flash typing a few commands. First uninstall the previous version of this way

  fher98 @ deathbian: ~ $ cd ~ /. mozilla 
  fher98 @ deathbian: ~ $ rm flashplayer.xpt libflashplayer.so 


Now the site of the tar ball downloaded Adobe Flash player 10.tar.gz, and got without any browser running, run:

  fher98 @ deathbian: ~ $ $ cd / tmp 
  fher98 @ deathbian: ~ $ wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_linux_091508.tar.gz 
  fher98 @ deathbian: ~ $ tar-zxvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz 
  fher98 @ deathbian: ~ $ cd install_flash_player_10_linux 
  fher98 @ deathbian: ~ $. / FlashPlayer-installer 

  Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Adobe Macromedia Software LLC.  All rights reserved. 

  Adobe Flash Player 10 for Linux 

  Adobe Flash Player 10 will be installed on this machine. 

  You are running the Adobe Flash Player installer as a non-root user. 
  Adobe Flash Player 10 will be installed in your home directory. 

  Support is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/ 

  To install the Adobe Flash Player 10 now, press ENTER. 

  To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C. 

  NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running. 

  Press ENTER to continue ... 

  Install Action ----------- ----------- Summary 

  Adobe Flash Player 10 will be installed in the following directory: 

  Mozilla installation directory = / home/fher98/.mozilla 

  Proceed with the installation?  (y / n / q) and 

  NOTE: Please ask your administrator to remove the xpti.dat from the 
  directory components of the Mozilla or Netscape browser. 

  Installation complete. 

  Perform another installation?  (y / n): n 

  Please log out of this session and log in for the changes to take effect. 

  The Adobe Flash Player installation is complete. 


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