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  1. jamieparfet revised this gist Jun 23, 2019. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion install-flash-for-firefox.sh
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    printf "If you are trying to install the debugger, try running:\n"
    printf "$0 debug\n"
    exit 1
    fi
    fi
  2. jamieparfet created this gist Jun 23, 2019.
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    #!/bin/bash

    # Set Firefox's plugins dir
    firefox_flash_install_dir="/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins"

    # Setup Arch
    case $(uname -m) in
    x86_64) arch=x86_64 ;;
    i?86) arch=i386 ;;
    esac

    # Check the latest version of Flash from Adobe's website
    flash_version=$(wget -qO- https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/masterversion/masterversion.xml | grep -m1 "NPAPI_linux version" | cut -d \" -f 2 | tr , .)
    flash_debug_version=$(echo $flash_version | cut -d \. -f 1)

    # Error out if $flash_version is not set
    if [ -z "$flash_version" ]; then
    printf "[-] ERROR: Could not identify the latest version of Flash. Perhaps the link does not work. Exiting.\n" >&2
    exit 1
    fi

    # Create Firefox plugins directory if it does not exist
    if [ ! -e "$firefox_flash_install_dir" ]; then
    sudo mkdir -p "$firefox_flash_install_dir"
    fi

    # Exit on first error
    set -e

    # Change to temp directory
    cd /tmp

    # If argument #1 is "debug", install debug version
    if [ "$1" = "debug" ]; then
    printf "[+] Installing Flash Player (debugger)\n"

    # Download the debug tarball
    wget "https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/${flash_debug_version}/flash_player_npapi_linux_debug.${arch}.tar.gz"

    # Extract the contents of the tarball to the necessary directories
    tar -xof flash_player_npapi_linux_debug.${arch}.tar.gz -C $firefox_flash_install_dir libflashplayer.so
    tar --wildcards -xof flash_player_npapi_linux_debug.${arch}.tar.gz -C /usr usr/*

    # Create config file in home directory
    cat <<EOF > ~/mm.cfg
    ErrorReportingEnable=1
    TraceOutputFileEnable=1
    MaxWarnings=50
    AS3Trace=1
    EOF

    # Print success message and remove tarball
    printf "[+] Flash Player debugger ($flash_debug_version) installed into $firefox_flash_install_dir/\n"
    printf "[+] Contents of usr/* copied to /usr folder\n"
    printf "[+] File created: ~/mm.cfg\n"
    printf "[+] Flash log location: ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/Logs/flashlog.txt\n\n"
    rm flash_player_npapi_linux*.tar.gz

    # If no arguments are passed, install standard Flash player
    elif [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    printf "[+] Installing Flash Player (standard)\n\n"

    # Download Flash tarball
    wget "https://fpdownload.adobe.com/pub/flashplayer/pdc/${flash_version}/flash_player_npapi_linux.${arch}.tar.gz"

    # Extract Flash player to Firefox plugins directory
    tar -xof flash_player_npapi_linux.${arch}.tar.gz -C $firefox_flash_install_dir libflashplayer.so

    # Print success message and remove tarball
    printf "[+] Flash Player ($flash_version) installed into $firefox_flash_install_dir/\n\n"
    rm flash_player_npapi_linux*.tar.gz

    # Otherwise, print error and exit
    else
    printf "Error, probably due to an unrecognized argument.\n"
    printf "If you are trying to install the debugger, try running:\n"
    printf "$0 debug\n"
    exit 1
    fi