Comments on: Install Flash Player 10 Under Ubuntu Linux

By: Babu

Babu — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:18:45 +0000

I cant install adobe flash player as I get like this

Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package adobe-flash

Pls reply

By: Gelmir

Gelmir — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:26:19 +0000

I’ve read on the Macromedia website that there is an 64 bit version availible for Linux, It said that there is no need for libflashplayer.so anymore and should work with the 64-bits sytem.

Would the author update do some re-search for this and update the post?
Greetings,

Gelmir

By: lior

lior — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:57:28 +0000

$ cd ~/.mozilla
$ rm flashplayer.xpt libflashplayer.so

By: usman

usman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:47:30 +0000

install flash player

By: xurizaemon

xurizaemon — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:11:41 +0000

Method #1 falls down at the first hurdle: you don’t say where to save the grabbed .deb file so that the 2nd step (”sudo dpkg -i sudo dpkg -i install_flash_player_10_linux.deb”) can access it.

That’s because there’s a copy-paste typo in there. It should just be,

sudo dpkg -i install_flash_player_10_linux.deb

I’ve probably made the same mistake myself in the past, but I think it’s always good practice to verify any tutorial you post on the interwebs yourself by actually practicing the tutorial from your own instructions, copying and pasting every step of the way.

By: Slavi

Slavi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:06:37 +0000

ERROR: Your architecture, \’ppc64\’, is not supported by the
Adobe Flash Player installer.

By: Milton

Milton — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:07:55 +0000

This worked for me:
1. Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and download the .tar.gz version.
2. Close all browsers and open a terminal window.
3. cd to the folder where the .tar.gz folder is located and run these commands:
1. gunzip .tar.gz-folder
2. tar -xvf the-.tar-folder-that-you-just-created
4. cd into the folder that you just craeted (for me it was “install_flash_player_10_linux”).
5. Now run these commands:
1. ./the-installationfile (for me “./flashplayer-installer”)
2. Press Enter.
3. Press Enter again.
4. Enter the location of where your browser is installed (for me “/usr/lib/firefox”) and press enter.
5. Press the y-key.
6. Press the n-key.
Done.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:31:28 +0000

I’ve put /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.10/ when asked about the firefox installation dir.

I guess you should change the -3.0.10 according to your own installation.

By: asdf

asdf — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:29:01 +0000

sudo update-alternatives –config mozilla-flashplugin

By: An Aspiring Person

An Aspiring Person — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:15:07 +0000

Hey. I keep following the instructions that were posted and it works fine for me. BUT THERES ONE MAJOR PROBLEM, even though flash is said to be installed in Addons,
it doesn’t actually work.

For example, if I go to you and watch a vid, the place where the video would be is gone, yet firefox says that I’ve installed flashplayer 10 as an addon.

Any suggestions? PLEASE!

By: Jarod Edwards

Jarod Edwards — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:59:28 +0000

I got the new ubuntu but Abode Flash Player not working i tried Every thing
and mine is 32 bit

By: hc

hc — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:12:24 +0000

sorry,I can’t do it! it’s error!!!

By: gunnar-eee

gunnar-eee — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:57:03 +0000

Darn, nobody seems to indicate to what location the player actually gets installed. The path is no longer to under /usr/lib but it goes somewhere else ??

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:22:06 +0000

Method #1 falls down at the first hurdle: you don’t say where to save the grabbed .deb file so that the 2nd step (“sudo dpkg -i sudo dpkg -i install_flash_player_10_linux.deb”) can access it.

Sorry but I just don’t have the innate knowledge of how to cope with this.

One day… this will be really easy!

By: Barmaley

Barmaley — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:31:07 +0000

Schlandower, where did you take this link: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.d21.1.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz? Its not possible to get it from Adobe website, and there is still only i386 version available… Some one should know some secret places… :)

By: HolyGhost23

HolyGhost23 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:16:40 +0000

t every time i get to the point it asks me to enter /usr/lib/mozilla and its says WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.. WTF IS WRONG

By: javed

javed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:19:31 +0000

it is best player

By: michael

michael — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:13:04 +0000

nobody uses linux, its horrible

By: somename

somename — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:12:42 +0000

hi there, I had to remove the old plugin from firefox to make it work:

tools->addons->plugins -> remove flash[...] 9

By: Schlandower

Schlandower — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:32:59 +0000

I ran into problems when trying to install the amd64 version of Flash Player 10 on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) using method 1 as this version available from Adobe is for the 32 bit systems.

This is how I overcame it:

With your browser closed (not running) – VERY important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1: Uninstall flashplayer-nonfree
2: Download the libflashplayer-10.0.d21.1.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz file from http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.d21.1.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz, save this file to you home directory (a storage place as good as any). I sugest you use wget for this. wget -c http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.d21.1.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
3: untar the archive tar -zxvf libflashplayer-10.0.d21.1.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz this will leave you with libflashplayer.so
4: I sugest you open a terminal and go to the flashplayer directory (if you created one) and issue the following command: sudo cp -v libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
5: now start Firefox, go to the address bar and type “about:plugins”, you should see a list of plugins, scroll down ans you will find libflashplayer.so listed with the description and version, the version should now read 10.

There you go it is installed.

Enjoy browsing.