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Ubuntu Linux: How to Install Flash Player for firefox

Posted by Vivek on Saturday September 9, 06 @8:59 pm

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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Discussion on This FAQ

  1. jack Says:

    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

  2. macewan Says:

    Flash 9 is now available for Linux. I’ve tested it on Edgy with Beryl and it still works just fine.

    cheers,

  3. Steve Says:

    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

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