Macromedia Flash Player 6 Mozilla Plug-in For Solaris
Version: Shockwave Flash 6.0 r80

September 08th 2003
Software Environment
OS:
      Solaris 8/9
Platform:
      SPARC/X86
Browser:
      Sun Mozilla 1.2.1 or greater
      Mozilla1.0/Netscape7.0 or greater
Installation

The following section assumes that you have unpacked the archive
flash_player_6_solaris_sparc.tar.gz/flash_player_6_solaris_x86.tar.gz 
into the top level of your user directory. Your user directory is referred to as $HOME.

The Macromedia Flash Player can be installed in two ways:
  A. Install the Macromedia Flash Player system-wide, making it available
to all users of the computer
or
  B. Install the Macromedia Flash Player in a user account, making it
available only to that user.


A. Installing the Macromedia Flash Player System-Wide:

You will need root access to the computer to install the Macromedia Flash Player
system-wide.

1. Copy the Macromedia Flash Player (libflashplayer.so and flashplayer.xpt)
into the Netscape/Mozilla plug-in directory.

2. restart Netscape/Mozilla.

3. Verify the installation by typing about:plugins in the location
bar or by choosing Help > About Plugins.
You should see the Macromedia Flash Player listed as "Shockwave Flash 6.0 r80"

5. To test the Macromedia Flash Player go to:

http://www.flash.com/


B. Installing the Macromedia Flash Player in a User Account:

1. If you have not already used Netscape/Mozilla from the user account,
launch Netscape/Mozilla and close it. This will create a
preferences directory (.netscape/.mozilla) in your home directory.

2. Create a plugins directory in the Netscape/Mozilla preferences
directory.

If the mkdir command reports the error "cannot make directory:
File exists", do not be alarmed. This means only that the
directory was already present and did not need to be created.

3. Copy the libflashplayer.so and flashplayer.xpt into the plug-in directory.

4. Restart Netscape/Mozilla.

5. Verify the installation by typing about:plugins in the location
bar or by choosing Help > About Plugins.
You should see the Macromedia Flash Player listed as "Shockwave Flash 6.0"

6. To test the Macromedia Flash Player go to:

http://www.flash.com/
