Flash Media Server on FC4

Posted by patrick in Combining Technologies, Flash & More, ServerSideDec 12th, 2005 | one response

While installing Flash Media Server 2 on Fedora Core 4 with the -platformWarnOnly option didn’t produce any errors,
it refused to actually run. So I statted a topic on the Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Flash Media Server forum.
The first reply solved my Problem, thnx MIBTwo
FMS2 needs libssl.so.4 and libcrypto.so.4
Both not present on FC4. Linking the current versions of the two libraries solves the problem.

So if you want to install Flash Media Server 2 on Fedora Core 4, here’s what you do:

1. get the fms2 package from Adobe [Macromedia]
2. unpack
3. move into the unpacked directory (FMS_2_0_r1145_linux)
4. install using ./installFMS -platformWarnOnly
5. fill in details , say no to’ run FMS after install’
6. After installation change dir to /lib
7. Make symbolic link ln -s libssl.so.0.9.7f libssl.so.4
8. Make another symbolic link ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.7f libcrypto.so.4
9. Start FMS service fms start
10. You’re Laughing

Happy streaming



One Response to “Flash Media Server on FC4”

  1. David says:
    June 23, 2007 at 4:29 am

    This is a great post. I’m sure it’s helped a bunch of anonymous people. It’s even helped me years after you posted! Thanks for finding a solution and sharing it!