[Solved] Error installing Flash 64bit from AUR

Question

I tried installing the 64bit flash from here :http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21601, using 'yaourt -S flashplugin-alpha-64 10.0.d20.7-3'
It will say:
Downloading 10.0.d20.7-3 PKGBUILD from AUR
Error: 10.0.d20.7-3 not found in AUR.
So i tried another method by downloading this tar file from http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs … .so.tar.gz
Then i untarred the file and on the desktop it shows 'libflashplayer.so'
So next i went to terminal, tried doing 'cd Desktop', followed by 'pacman -S libflashplayer.so', but it says i need to be root to do that. So i do 'su - ', and then 'cd Desktop', but it says '-bash: cd: Desktop: No such file or directory.'
How am i suppose to install flash64 bit? Thanks.
Last edited by Chance (2008-12-18 15:19:46)

Answer 1

Chance wrote:
I tried installing the 64bit flash from here :http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21601, using 'yaourt -S flashplugin-alpha-64 10.0.d20.7-3'
It will say:
Downloading 10.0.d20.7-3 PKGBUILD from AUR
Error: 10.0.d20.7-3 not found in AUR.
should be just "yaourt -S flashplugin-alpha-64" no version needed
the error is telling you it cant find 10.0.d20.7-3 which is not a package.  did you get another error with the first part? or did  you see it building the package?
i like building it by hand, so i usually (in a folder on my /home) i do
mkdir flashplugin-alpha-64
cd flashplugin-alpha-64
yaourt -G flashplugin-alpha-64 (to get pKGBUILD and other files)
makepkg  (to build)
then install with yaourt -U [full package filename]
makes me feel like i'm in control
Last edited by toxygen (2008-12-18 04:56:50)