Adobe Flash Player won’t install on iMac (Mac OS X 10.4.11)?
I desperately need to install Flash, because I have online AP Biology quizzes that require it.
But when I open AdobeFlashPlayer.pkg, it says I have to close an unnamed application. Its icon is a grey box with lime-green text in the upper-left hand corner. I click "Quit," and then it immediately says "There was an error installing the software."
When I looked at the install logs, it said this:
"The following install step failed: run preflight script for Adobe® Flash® Player."
Am I supposed to repair the disk permissions, edit the preflight script, or what?
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. I really do NOT have the time to continue staying after school in the library just so I can get credit for these stupid little quizzes.
Delete your "Adobe Flash Player.pkg" file. Go to the site at the link below. Click "Agree and install now". Agree to save it.
Go to Library /Internet Plug-Ins on your hard drive. Delete "Flash Player.plugin" and "flashplayer.xpt". Go to Users/ yourhomefolder/ Library /Internet Plug-Ins. Look for "Flash Player.plugin" and "flashplayer.xpt", and if you find them, delete them.
Restart and do not open Safari or any other Web browser. Double-click the file "install_flash_player_osx_ub.dmg.zip". That will make a folder "install_flash_player_osx_ub.dmg" with a disk image "Install Flash Player 10 UB.dmg" inside it. Double-click the disk image to mount it. Drag the installer ("Adobe Flash Player.pkg") to your hard drive, just in case you may need to install it more then once. Open it and click through the installation.
After installing, go to Library /Internet Plug-Ins on your hard drive. Find "Flash Player.plugin" and "flashplayer.xpt", and copy both of them to Users/ yourhomefolder/ Library /Internet Plug-Ins. Open Disk Utility. Repair permissions.
March, 29th 2010 at 2:28 am
Try installing it in Safe Boot.
- Restart your computer, once you hear the Mac chime hold down the shift key until you see the login screen. <—- This will take 3 or 4 minutes depending on your system.
- When you’re done in Safe Boot simply restart your computer and log in normally
-Rilla
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March, 29th 2010 at 2:35 am
Delete your "Adobe Flash Player.pkg" file. Go to the site at the link below. Click "Agree and install now". Agree to save it.
Go to Library /Internet Plug-Ins on your hard drive. Delete "Flash Player.plugin" and "flashplayer.xpt". Go to Users/ yourhomefolder/ Library /Internet Plug-Ins. Look for "Flash Player.plugin" and "flashplayer.xpt", and if you find them, delete them.
Restart and do not open Safari or any other Web browser. Double-click the file "install_flash_player_osx_ub.dmg.zip". That will make a folder "install_flash_player_osx_ub.dmg" with a disk image "Install Flash Player 10 UB.dmg" inside it. Double-click the disk image to mount it. Drag the installer ("Adobe Flash Player.pkg") to your hard drive, just in case you may need to install it more then once. Open it and click through the installation.
After installing, go to Library /Internet Plug-Ins on your hard drive. Find "Flash Player.plugin" and "flashplayer.xpt", and copy both of them to Users/ yourhomefolder/ Library /Internet Plug-Ins. Open Disk Utility. Repair permissions.
References :
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
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