Flash installation (Output included)

[bcahrens]

I followed the steps on Flash 9 install script for AMD64 (nspluginwrapper) - Ubuntu Forums for getting the latest flash plugin for Ubuntu 7.10, however I still can't get flash to work. It appears as though a previous attempt at installing the flash plugin is what is causing the problem. My question is simple, how do I remove the old flash install?

brent@FutureDrama:~$ ls -al /usr/lib/mozilla//plugins/
total 6900
drwxr-xr-x 2 brent users 4096 2008-02-06 09:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-02-05 12:30 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 brent users 7040036 2007-06-19 19:31 libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 36 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-basic-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-basic-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 37 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 34 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 35 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 36 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-mully-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 37 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 42 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 43 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 60 2008-02-06 09:37 npwrapper.libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so


My guess is that "-rwxr-xr-x 1 brent users 7040036 2007-06-19 19:31 libflashplayer.so" is the case, if so how do I get rid of it?

[oz]

My guess is that "-rwxr-xr-x 1 brent users 7040036 2007-06-19 19:31 libflashplayer.so" is the case, if so how do I get rid of it?

I've read about lots of issues installing flash in the various *buntu distros, but to answer your question, you can delete a file by going to a terminal or console and issuing the rm (remove) command:

sudo rm /path/to/file

[bcahrens]

I'm almost certain this is the case. I tried installing the tar.gz from adobe and it didn't fully install, or there was some problems with the installation. Once I get the libflashplayer.so removed all should be well, will try after work and post output. Thanks for the reply!

[bcahrens]

typed:

sudo rm /usr/lib/mozilla//plugins/libflashplayer.so

Now the file libflashplayer.so no longer exists when I run:

ls -al /usr/lib/mozilla//plugins/

However, flash still doesn't work. Any further suggestions?

This is what terminal looks like:

brent@FutureDrama:~$ ls -al /usr/lib/mozilla//plugins/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 brent users 4096 2008-02-06 18:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-02-05 12:30 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 36 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-basic-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-basic-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 37 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 34 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 35 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 36 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-mully-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 37 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 42 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so -> ../../totem/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 43 2008-02-05 23:40 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt -> ../../totem/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brent users 60 2008-02-06 18:02 npwrapper.libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so

[zrdc28]

After you have everything removed from flash if you will goto Synaptic and just install Flash there, your problem will be solved. I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 7.10 and installed Flash from Synaptics, it worked the first time, I also installed Google Earth and it worked the first time. There may have been a problem with Flash from the repo a month or so ago but It seems to be ok now. This was on an AMD 64 bit machine with 64 bit Ubuntu installed.

[bcahrens]

I should just have to:

sudo rm usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so

and it will be removed, then use synaptic? sounds easy enough, but that seems to be the case with linux (not hating, just observing).

[bcahrens]

Thanks for the help, I got it to finally work with synaptic!