FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

[Thanduel]

Hi

First I'm sorry if this question has come up before I couldn't find anything via search that was helpful.

I cannot get flashplayer to work with firefox. I have tried numerous methods:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
I have downloaded the tar.gz and put libflashplugin.so in the firefox plugins folders.
I have tried installing it via the kubuntu package manager.
I have tried using the flashplugin installer

after each method I have restarted firefox and used the aboutlugins command to look at my plugins each time to find that it is not installed.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

[Snowhog]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

Here, Kubuntu 10.04 32-bit, Firefox 3.6.3, Flash works properly.

paul@mybrainonlinux:~$ locate libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
/usr/share/ubufox/plugins/libflashplayer.so

paul@mybrainonlinux:~$ ls -l /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11787664 2010-06-12 21:49 /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so

paul@mybrainonlinux:~$ ls -l /usr/share/ubufox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 2010-06-12 21:49 /usr/share/ubufox/plugins/libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so

Note: /usr/share/ubufox/plugins/libflashplayer.so is a link to /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so

[lindaonline15]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

I have the same problem. i've downloaded flash installer from the website. when I look for flash plugin installer in package management also I have it, but the problem is I cant locate it nor can install it.

[sithlord48]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

when you use the apt-get installer DON"T have a browser open!

[lindaonline15]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

I still cannot install flash player. even when the browser is off.
the package manager shows that flash player is installed, but using command sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin gives this result:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package adobe-flashplugin is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
any clue?

[josefko]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

Shouldn't be the command line

$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

?

[sithlord48]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

Shouldn't be the command line

$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

?

yes it should. also be sure during the config step you have internet connect and no browsers open as thats when the install package will download and install the flash plugin from the adobe site.

[lindaonline15]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

browser closed and internet connection is working, this is the results:
linda@linda-VAIO:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
[sudo] password for linda:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
flashplugin-installer is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.

and yet still none of my browsers are able to play flash player...

[josefko]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

Maybe this will help http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3117092.0

[sithlord48]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

remove the package first. and be sure you don't have the google plugin installed (i completely for got about that ) you can reinstall the google talk plugin afterwards.

[lindaonline15]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

Maybe this will help http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3117092.0

fantastic... thanks...

[woodsmoke]

Re: FlashPlayer Install doesn't work

right removing older installs had been a thing that is on the net.

woodsmoke