[SOLVED] Adobe Flash Player

[sHooks]

Hi,
I found that I could not play youtube videos, and no "install missing plugins" popup came up when I tried to, so I went to Adobe's site and got the tar.gz file for their flash player 10 for 64 bit linux. I downloaded it, and extracted it to the desktop. I tried running the file, running it in terminal, every clicking on it gives me, but I cannot seem to get it installed. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks

[reed9]

Copy the extracted file to /home/YOUR USERNAME/.mozilla/plugins. Restart your webbrowser and you should be in business. (Replace "YOUR USERNAME" with your actual username of course.)

[devils casper]

Close Firefox and execute this:

sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree  libflashsupport nspluginwrapper gnash gnash-common mozilla-plugin-gnash swfdec-mozilla 

sudo rm -f ~/.mozilla/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/*flash*

wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

tar zxvf libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ 
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so  /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
sudo rm -rf libflashplayer.so libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

Above commands will remove installed plugins, download 64bit Flash player from Adobe website and install it.

Open Firefox after executing commands. Post exact error message here, if any.

[sHooks]

Close Firefox and execute this:

sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree  libflashsupport nspluginwrapper gnash gnash-common mozilla-plugin-gnash swfdec-mozilla 

sudo rm -f ~/.mozilla/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/*flash*

wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

tar zxvf libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ 
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so  /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
sudo rm -rf libflashplayer.so libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

Above commands will remove installed plugins, download 64bit Flash player from Adobe website and install it.

Open Firefox after executing commands. Post exact error message here, if any.

it said that I either have javascript turned off, or I do not have the latest adobe flash player installed. still can't watch videos, or see certain boxes in Steam.

Copy the extracted file to /home/YOUR USERNAME/.mozilla/plugins. Restart your webbrowser and you should be in business. (Replace "YOUR USERNAME" with your actual username of course.)

there was no .mozilla folder in my folder, and when I tried to make one, it said it already existed.

[devils casper]

It looks like you have installed NoScript or Adblock add-on ( extension ) in FireFox. Disable it or allow youtube website in NoScript.

Tools -- Add-ons - Extension

[reed9]

there was no .mozilla folder in my folder, and when I tried to make one, it said it already existed.

Files or folders preceded by a period, such as .mozilla, are hidden by default. Under view, you can select show hidden files, or press CTRL+H while in nautilus (the file manager).

[sHooks]

It looks like you have installed NoScript or Adblock add-on ( extension ) in FireFox. Disable it or allow youtube website in NoScript.

Tools -- Add-ons - Extension

nope, my only extension is "Ubuntu Firefox Modifications.


I got into the .mozilla folder, and made a plugins folder, as there was not one, and put the whole folder for the plugin, which had the installer and a .so file, but it still doesn't work.

[D-cat]

Is Javascript enabled in Firefox?

[reed9]

Hmm, the flash player I downloaded from adobe doesn't have an installer. You got the download from here? Adobe Labs - Downloads: Flash Player 10

Unzipped that just has a file called libflashplayer.so

[D-cat]

That is the plugin, you just have to know where to place it. That's why DC's command list in post #3 should have worked.

If for any reason JS is disabled, then a flash loader relying on it will fail, so that's where my guess stands at right now.

He could also be running into interference from the swfdec plugin package that comes with Ubuntu, but that usually gives a gray arrow before trying to play something which is what perks our ears.