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1. Seems that macromedia decided to change the download location:

   wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10
--17:32:34-- http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10
=> `flashplayer10'
Resolving download.macromedia.com... 88.221.187.191
Connecting to download.macromedia.com|88.221.187.191|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
17:32:34 ERROR 404: Not Found.

2. Mitko,

   Copy correct url:

   wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_linux_051508.tar.gz

   1. 2013-04-16 00:43:04 ERREUR 404: Not Found.

      try this wiki.

3. thx. got it to work.

   1. how i can NOT get it to work and it is making me mad

4. I wrote a tutorial on how to install flash player 10 on linux 64 bit

5. hi,
   i have installed flash player 10 on ubuntu 8.04 with firefox 3.0 . after installing, these sites are crashing specifically:
   1. http://www.bbc.co.uk
   2. http://www.natwest.com

   firefox crashes with segmentation fault

   also the flash animation is very slow compared to flash player 9.i can see the difference if i go to the adobe website.

   any suggestions how to fix the issue

6. New version is out at http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_linux_070208.tar.gz
   which seems to be working better than the previous beta for me.

7. Why are you telling people to remove files instead of using the package management system?

   apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree

8. For Ubuntu 64 bit users you can intall the latest flash 10 RC with 2 clicks here

9. The download url has changed yet again it seems.It is now:
   http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_linux_091508.tar.gz

10. The installer for Ubuntu 64 bit users has been updated so tha you can intall the latest Flash 10 RC released by adobe on Sept 15 2008.
    You can intall the latest flash 10 RC with just 2 clicks here

11. The installer for Ubuntu 64 bit users has been updated so tha you can intall the latest Flash 10 released by adobe on October 15 2008.
    For 64 bit users see The easiest way to install Flash 10 on Ubuntu 64 bits

12. i’ve been trying to install as sudo , but 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.. any ideas.

13. I’m afraid that ubuntu says that the repo has a newer version that the adobe site. But both versions don’t appear in the about:plugins pase of firefox. So I reinstalled the older version that just works.
    Did I understand it rigth that this is still a beta version?

14. I simply used:
    sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

    and it removed the old one and installed v10 without a hitch 🙂

15. it work thank you ขอบคุณครับ

16. I have a problem… I keep getting this error, but I’m not quite sure what it means. Flash used to work fine on Ubuntu 8.04, but now that I upgraded to 8.10, it says:
    
ERROR: Your architecture, 'x86_64', is not supported by the
Adobe Flash Player installer.


    Any solutions?

17. Greta,

    You need to install 64 bit flash player as you are using x86_64.

18. 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.

    1. Thanks! It worked for me so far.

    2. will the flashplayer work for all users on the pc or for just the one user that it was installed on and will it work with any version of firefox 😀

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

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

20. nobody uses linux, its horrible

21. it is best player

22. 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

23. 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… 🙂

24. 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!

25. 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 ??

26. sorry,I can’t do it! it’s error!!!

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

28. 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!

29. sudo update-alternatives –config mozilla-flashplugin

30. 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.

31. Judging from the comments, the instructions here are incorrect. Does anyone have a pointer to instructions that are verified to easily install flash player with a fresh Ubuntu 9.04 install?

32. 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.

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

34. 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.

35. install flash player

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

37. 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

38. 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

    1. i had the same problem

       i just uninstalled the flash plugins i had

       $ sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree

       then when i started a flash video next time i started firefox, firefox recomended automatic a pluggin then i just installed the plugin with out problem.

39. Works. Thanks!
    Val

40. in Mandriva
    urpmi gnash
    and that’s all 🙂
    and true x86_64 if desire

41. how to Upgrade to Flash 10

42. Thanks a lot!!!!! It WORKS!!!!!!!!

43. Thanks a lot!!!!! It WORKS!!!!!!!!

44. Thank you so much. Worked like a charm!

45. I cant install flashplayer on linux UE2.9. please help

46. I want to install adobe flash player 10. Please give a valid one.

47. i want abobe falsh player

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