Adobe Systems Incorporated
Flash Player 9 for Linux: BETA
November 2006

This is a beta build of the new version of Flash Player. Users should only install Players that have been downloaded from trusted sources, such as https://prerelease.adobe.com/ or http://labs.adobe.com.

Your use of this player is governed by the Adobe Beta Program  guidelines or the End User License Agreement found at http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/eula/flashplayer.html

For more information on this player, please see the documentation found on https://prerelease.adobe.com/ or http://labs.adobe.com.



Privacy
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Adobe is committed to preserving the privacy of end users. For more information on configuring Client-side privacy visit the Settings Manager Documentation: http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayerhelp.


Installation instructions
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    * Plugin
          o To install the plugin as user:
                + Copy or move libflashplayer.so into your plugins directory (usually located):  ~/.mozilla/plugins
                + Create the plugins folder if it doesnt exist
          o To install the plugin as root:
                + Copy or move the file into your system browser installed plugins directory (usually located): /usr/lib/<browser_directory>/plugins
		+ Create the plugins folder if it doesnt exist
    * Standalone
          o To execute the Standalone Player, you will need to change the permissions of the file.  An example of how you could do this on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 or RHEL 4 is: 

          $: chmod u+x gflashplayer

          o When using the Standalone Player, you may experience a warning on initial navigation to a site with Flash content in Firefox. You will only need to dismiss the warning once per installation.


Uninstallation instructions
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To remove the Plug-in Player for Linux:

For root users:

- Quit the browser.
- Navigate to the browser's plug-in directory (/usr/lib/<browser_directory>/plugins).
- Remove libflashplayer.so

For non-root users:

- Quit the browser.
- Navigate to your home directory and locate the folder named .mozilla.
- From that folder, open the folder named plugins and remove libflashplayer.so.



Technical Issues and Reporting Bugs
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Pre-release issues should be reported via the mechanisms on https://prerelease.adobe.com/ or http://labs.adobe.com.





