Ubuntu Linux: How to Install Flash Player for firefox
Q. How do I install Flash Player for Firefox web browser?
A. Type the following two commands to install flash player:
$ apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
$ sudo update-flashplugin
Restart the firefox. Some people may find voice is not working with newly installed flash player. Type following commands to solve this problem (thanks to macewan.org):
$ sudo apt-get install alsa-oss
$ gksudo gedit /etc/firefox/firefoxrc
Find line that read as FIREFOX_DSP and set to:
FIREFOX_DSP="aoss"
Save and close the file.
Close Firefox and restart it again.
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Tags: firefox, flash player, install flash, Linux, nonfree, web browser, xdsp ~ Last updated on: May 9, 2008
September 17th, 2006 at 11:31 pm
To get flash sound working in Ubuntu, run the following commands to setup the ESD environment:
Make sure you use updated version:
sudo update-flashplugin
Now fix sound:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libesd.so.0 /usr/lib/libesd.so.1
ln -s /tmp/.esd-1000 /tmp/.esd
Above three steps fixed my sound problem. Hope this helps some one.
Cheers,
Jack
October 19th, 2006 at 5:37 pm
Flash 9 is now available for Linux. I’ve tested it on Edgy with Beryl and it still works just fine.
cheers,
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:05 pm
When I installed the flashplayer trom the terminal (which was far easier than downloading and unpackaging a .tar file by the way), I only had to type in the first command of the two provided i.e apt-get sudo install flashplugin-nonfree. In fact, the terminal did not recognize the command sudo update-flashplugin. It didn’t matter because when I tested my system it was working anyways