First, install Gnash. ... Really. Install Gnash and use Gnash as your Flash player. You don't want Adobe setting monster cookies on your system.
OK. Now let's be honest. Some sites simply don't work with Gnash . With any luck, we should have a much better Free/Open Source plugin soon, but in the meantime there may be a site that you absolutely must view and you absolutely must use Adobe Flash to view it.
So here's what you do: Download the DEB from Adobe's website, but do NOT install it. Instead crack it open (e.g. with Ark) or from the command line:
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mkdir extract_flash/
dpkg-deb -x install_flash_player_10_linux.deb extract_flash/
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mkdir /home/xxxx/.store-adobeflash/
mv extract_flash/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so /home/xxxx/.store-adobeflash/.
rm -r extract_flash/
/home/xxxx/.bin/install_adobeflash.sh
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#!/bin/bash
## simple script to install Adobe Flash
## separate script removes it and the cookies it leaves behind
## remember that you'll have to restart Iceweasel to use it
cp /home/xxxx/.store-adobeflash/libflashplayer.so /home/xxxx/.mozilla/plugins/.
exit
/home/xxxx/.bin/remove_adobeflash.sh
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#!/bin/bash
## this removes Adobe Flash and the cookies it leaves behind
## remember that you'll have to restart Iceweasel to revert to Gnash
rm /home/xxxx/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
rm -r /home/xxxx/.adobe/
rm -r /home/xxxx/.macromedia/
exit
Hope this method keeps you sane!
- Soul Singin'
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