[SOLVED] Re: Been trying to install Flash all day

[erinsaurus87]

Hi all,
I was hoping someone could help me install Flash. I'm brand new to linux and Kubuntu. When I try to install Flash using KpackageKit, I get this error message telling me to check my network connectivity: E: Error http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/multiverse flashplugin-installer amd64 10.3.181.14ubuntu0.11.04.1 Something wicked happened resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

When I try to install using the Konsole terminal, I downloaded the .tar.gz file for other Linux from Adope and I followed these instructions for compiling https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo but got stuck when I got to this part:

To check the dependencies of your program, change into the directory you created in step two (cd/usr/local/src). Extracting the tarball or downloading from cvs/subversion will have made a sub-directory under /usr/local/src that contains the source code. This newly-created directory will contain a file called "configure", which is a script to make sure that the program can be compiled on your computer. To run it, run the command ./configure This command will check to see if you've got all the programs needed to install the program — in most cases you will not, and it will error out with a message about needing a program.

Yet when I try to enter this: erin@osprey:/usr/local/src/install_flash_player_10_linux$ ./configure
I get this: bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

Any suggestions?

[claydoh]

Re: Been trying to install Flash all day

There may be a temporary blip in the apt server you are trying to connect to. You may want to try again later, or use KPackagKit's Edit Origins section to change to a different server (there are many for the US, and the particular one you are being connected to may have a temporary problem)


or if you have firefox installed, you can install the add-on called flash-aid
this can be used to install a couple different flash packages, though for the current stable flash it does use the Ubuntu repositories, so it may still have an issue until the server problem is resolved

Flash is a pre-compiled and proprietary (closed-source) binary, so the instructions you are reading do not apply. There probably are instructions inside the download tar file you have, it is simply a matter of copying the file to the correct folder, really.

[ardvark71]

Re: Been trying to install Flash all day

There probably are instructions inside the download tar file you have, it is simply a matter of copying the file to the correct folder, really.

Which should be "/home/(your home folder name)/.mozilla/plugins" It is with my copy of Opera. However you will need to invoke sudo (root) permissions to do any file transfers. To do this, open a terminal and type in:

kdesudo dolphin

Then type in your password at the prompt. A dolphin window with root permissions should come up.

Also, it appears you are using the 64 bit version of natty. If that is the case and you are using any 64 bit browsers that may have shipped with the OS (or that you installed later,) you will need to use the 64 bit version of flash player found here. I'm hoping instructions on how to install are included with the package.

By the way, welcome to the forums

Hope this helps...

Regards...

[GreyGeek]

Re: Been trying to install Flash all day

The deb package you were looking for is no longer under that location, which is why it couldn't be found.

You can, however, download it directly to ~/Downloads and use Dolphin's Gdebi right menu option to install it.

EDIT: Claydoh was right. When I rechecked after writing the above paragraph the http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/.../binary-amd64/ directory had the two compressed package files and the release file in it. The timestamps now showing are just a few minutes old as I write this.

Index of /ubuntu/dists/natty-updates/multiverse/binary-amd64
[ICO]	Name	Last modified	Size
[DIR]	Parent Directory	 	-
[ ]	Packages.bz2	15-Jun-2011 23:08 	4.1K
[ ]	Packages.gz	15-Jun-2011 23:08 	3.8K
[ ]	Release	15-Jun-2011 23:17 	109

[ardvark71]

Re: Been trying to install Flash all day

You can, however, download it directly to ~/Downloads and use Dolphin's Gdebi right menu option to install it.

Or follow GreyGeek's instructions above, it strikes as a whole lot more simpler.

Regards...

[telemetry]

Re: Been trying to install Flash all day

Hi,

Sometimes I just install flash from the command line. You'll find that in a program called: terminal

Type this in the box once you open terminal/konsole: sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

it'll ask for your password and once you give it that it'll install flash. Just say Yes to the question (y) it asks.

Hope this hlelps.
robert.

[sithlord48]

Re: Been trying to install Flash all day

if you have the Gtalk plugin from google you need to remove it first then install flash . after that you can reinstall the gtalk plugin.

[erinsaurus87]

[SOLVED] Re: Been trying to install Flash all day

Hey guys thanks for the help. I was able to fix this problem.

I tried running sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
And got an error message that ended with E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
So I did sudo apt-get update
And when that was done updating I retried sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
And it worked!