Here is updated version of tutorial for HOWTO build flash player 7.0.25 RPM package for Fedora Core.
3 components to download:
1) install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz (Click on Download Now button)
2) EULA.txt (Save the page as a text file)
3) flash-plugin.spec (Save it as a text file)
[tchung@localhost download]$ ls EULA.txt flash-plugin.spec install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz [tchung@localhost download]$ cp install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz EULA.txt ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ [tchung@localhost download]$ cp flash-plugin.spec ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/ [tchung@localhost download]$ cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/ [tchung@localhost SPECS]$ ls flash-plugin.spec [tchung@localhost SPECS]$ rpmbuild -ba flash-plugin.spec Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.16182 + umask 022 + cd /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD + LANG=C + export LANG + unset DISPLAY + rm -rf /var/tmp/flash-plugin-7.0.25-buildroot + cd /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD + rm -rf install_flash_player_7_linux + /usr/bin/gzip -dc /home/tchung/rpmbuild/SOURCES/install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz + tar -xf - + STATUS=0 + '[' 0 -ne 0 ']' + cd install_flash_player_7_linux ++ /usr/bin/id -u + '[' 500 = 0 ']' ++ /usr/bin/id -u + '[' 500 = 0 ']' + /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,g-w,o-w . + exit 0 Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.92183 + umask 022 + cd /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD + cd install_flash_player_7_linux + LANG=C + export LANG + unset DISPLAY + cp /home/tchung/rpmbuild/SOURCES/EULA.txt /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD/install_flash_player_7_linux + install -d /var/tmp/flash-plugin-7.0.25-buildroot/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins + install -p -m755 libflashplayer.so /var/tmp/flash-plugin-7.0.25-buildroot/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins + install -p -m644 flashplayer.xpt /var/tmp/flash-plugin-7.0.25-buildroot/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-compress + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-strip /usr/bin/strip + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-strip-static-archive /usr/bin/strip + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-strip-comment-note /usr/bin/strip /usr/bin/objdump Processing files: flash-plugin-7.0.25-1.FC Executing(%doc): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.92183 + umask 022 + cd /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD + cd install_flash_player_7_linux + DOCDIR=/var/tmp/flash-plugin-7.0.25-buildroot/usr/share/doc/flash-plugin-7.0.25 + export DOCDIR + rm -rf /var/tmp/flash-plugin-7.0.25-buildroot/usr/share/doc/flash-plugin-7.0.25 + /bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp/flash-plugin-7.0.25-buildroot/usr/share/doc/flash-plugin-7.0.25 + cp -pr Readme.txt EULA.txt /var/tmp/flash-plugin-7.0.25-buildroot/usr/share/doc/flash-plugin-7.0.25 + exit 0 Provides: libflashplayer.so Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 Requires: libX11.so.6 libXext.so.6 libXmu.so.6 libXt.so.6 libc.so.6 libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.4) libdl.so.2 libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1) libm.so.6 libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) libpthread.so.0 libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0) libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.1) libz.so.1 mozilla >= 1.4 Obsoletes: flash4 flash5 Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /var/tmp/flash-plugin-7.0.25-buildroot Wrote: /home/tchung/rpmbuild/SRPMS/flash-plugin-7.0.25-1.FC.src.rpm Wrote: /home/tchung/rpmbuild/RPMS/i386/flash-plugin-7.0.25-1.FC.i386.rpm Executing(%clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.69015 + umask 022 + cd /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD + cd install_flash_player_7_linux + rm -rf /var/tmp/flash-plugin-7.0.25-buildroot + exit 0 [tchung@localhost SPECS]$ sudo rpm -Uvh /home/tchung/rpmbuild/RPMS/i386/flash-plugin-7.0.25-1.FC.i386.rpm Password: Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:flash-plugin ########################################### [100%] [tchung@localhost SPECS]$