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Adobe's Flash Player cannot be included in Fedora because it is not free/libre and open source software. Adobe does release a version of the Flash plugin for Linux, and this can be used in Firefox, Konqueror and other popular Internet browsers. The Linux plugin is only available for x86 architectures. | Adobe's Flash Player cannot be included in Fedora because it is not free/libre and open source software. Adobe does release a version of the Flash plugin for Linux, and this can be used in Firefox, Konqueror and other popular Internet browsers. The Linux plugin is only available for x86 architectures. When Adobe releases a newer version of the Linux Flash plugin, it makes packages available for Fedora, but Fedora cannot include Adobe's plugin as long as it is unavailable as free and open source software. | ||
Adobe provides a third-party yum repository for installing Flash software. Refer to the Adobe site here: | |||
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ | |||
Select ''YUM for Linux'' to download, and confirm. Once the download completes, use <code>yum</code> or the ''Add/Remove Software'' tool to install the <code>flash-plugin</code> package. | |||
{{Admon/important | Flash on 64-bit Fedora | If your system is a 64-bit architecture, you may need to install additional packages manually. Refer to the [[Docs/Beats/Desktop | release notes]] for more information.}} | |||
For more information about Fedora's policies against proprietary software and formats, see our [[ForbiddenItems]] page. | For more information about Fedora's policies against proprietary software and formats, see our [[ForbiddenItems]] page. | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 6 November 2008
Flash
Adobe's Flash Player cannot be included in Fedora because it is not free/libre and open source software. Adobe does release a version of the Flash plugin for Linux, and this can be used in Firefox, Konqueror and other popular Internet browsers. The Linux plugin is only available for x86 architectures. When Adobe releases a newer version of the Linux Flash plugin, it makes packages available for Fedora, but Fedora cannot include Adobe's plugin as long as it is unavailable as free and open source software.
Adobe provides a third-party yum repository for installing Flash software. Refer to the Adobe site here:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Select YUM for Linux to download, and confirm. Once the download completes, use yum or the Add/Remove Software tool to install the flash-plugin package.
If your system is a 64-bit architecture, you may need to install additional packages manually. Refer to the release notes for more information.
For more information about Fedora's policies against proprietary software and formats, see our ForbiddenItems page.