Flash 9 won't install, mac osx

Question

I need help! I downloaded the trial version of Flash 8 and
tried to install, it began at 8755 items and went down to 109 where
it stalled. I had to force quit the application to get out of it. I
contacted Adobe, they sent me instructions that fixed the same
problem for someone else. I repaired the disk permissions, created
a new user, uninstalled the player( this froze too, had to force
quit but the player is gone). Now I dont have the player, it wont
install (freezes with four items left) and every time I run any
adobe installer my mac freezes...help!

Answer 1

quote:
Originally posted by:
Bflowolf
(iBook G4 1.07 GHz, 768 MB DDR SDRAM, MacOSX 10.4.9) also
running Firefox 2.0.0.3 ( tried removing and installing flash, and
reinstalling too, still no good)
Well, none of these steps have been tested (by me) on a non
Intel mac.. So maybe we need different steps for PowerPC
processors, which wouldn't necessarily make sense to me.
Can you try these steps in order please and let me know what
happens?
1. Delete the following files (or the entire folder) if they
exist:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player Enabler.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt
2. Repair disk permissions using the Disk Utility
(/Applications/Utilities/). For details see Apple TechDoc
"Troubleshooting permissions issues in Mac OS X".
3. Reinstall Flash Player 9.
THEN... if that fails do this:
1. Delete the following files (or the entire folder) if they
exist *(again, and yes I know it's repetitive...)*
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player Enabler.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt
2. Run Disk Utility's "Permission Repair" again..
3. Install FP9 as root:
a. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
b. CAREFULLY type the following line, exactly as you see it
here (there is a space after cd):
for intel macs: cd /Volumes/"Adobe Flash Player 9"/"Install
Flash Player 9 UB.app"/Contents/MacOS\
for powerPC macs: cd /Volumes/"Adobe Flash Player 9"/"Install
Flash Player 9 OSX"/Contents/MacOSClassic
c. CAREFULLY type the following line (there is a space after
sudo):
for intel macs: sudo "./Install Flash Player 9 UB"
for powerPC macs: sudo "./Install Flash Player 9 OSX"
Let me know if you see any path discrepances on the powerpc
machine. I'm looking at the paths on my macbook pro and trying to
type them out correctly on the XP box I'm doing this forum
on..