Flash plugin orphaned update

[AkaMartin]

I recently had the update manager crash on me. Since then I have had problems viewing videos on youtube. I tried installing the flash plugin manually, but to no avail. I then found a package in the Muon Package Manager called adobe-flashplugin and installed. That fixed the problem, but only to some extent. Sometimes it works fine, others it just does not and says that I don't have the plugin installed. And then it somehow did get uninstalled, so I had to install it again. I think the orphaned update (I found that term online somewhere) might be conflicting with it. Hence my question is this; how do I find it and (if possible) remove it?

Thanks in advance!

M

[Rog132]

Please tell a bit more: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...W-GUY-lt-lt-lt

What version of the Kubuntu ?
KDE ?
Browser ?


Orphaned packages explained: http://askubuntu.com/questions/28694...haned-packages

The Muon package manager has the 'History viewer' - you could use it to look what happened.

Muon package manager > View > History

At here the flashplugin-installer was replaced by the adobe-flashplugin & adobe-flash-properties-kde, 16.11.2013, 12:33.

[AkaMartin]

Oh, I'm sorry! I missed that thread completely. Thanks for the heads up!

Distribution version: 12.04 (64bit)
KDE version: 4.8.5
Browser: Firefox (25.0.1) and Chromium (version: 30.0.1599.114 ). I tend to get more videos working in FF, but I can only access nba.com (which is one of my most used sites) fully in Chromium.

[Rog132]

What does the Adobe 'test' page tell ?: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

Flash disabled:



Flash enanbled:




If you type 'about : plugins' - does it show the correct plug-in information ?

[AkaMartin]

Attachments:
1.Firefox (doesn't seem to recognize I have it installed):
2. Chromium.


Will try everything else you recommended I do now. Thanks!

[Rog132]

There are several threads of the flash problems:

- http://askubuntu.com/questions/24571...untu-12-04-lts
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/89932...ing-in-firefox
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2131197

I would try the re-installation first:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall adobe-flashplugin

man apt-get

NAME
apt-get - APT package handling utility -- command-line interface
...
install
install is followed by one or more packages desired for installation or upgrading.

--reinstall
Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version.