Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, on other blogs or tutorial pages, I have not done my homework, and will not do it for now. Real life sometimes requires more attention than other things.
flashplugin-nonfree
has not been working on Gutsy for a while. I noticed when I installed Gutsy on my eldest son’s Christmas computer on December 25. Quite a bummer for a teenager, but he accepted to wait for an official fix rather than using some workaround. He’s been patient, but yesterday, well, that was it, I had to do something.
I had been following the bug report now and then, and a UF thread. A working flashplugin-nonfree
version has been uploaded to the -proposed
repositories. Here is the procedure that worked on his 32-bits install:
-
Completely purge the previously installed package. On my son’s computer, I used
synaptic
, as he does his updates/upgrades withupdate-manager
andsynaptic
. Please useapt-get
oraptitude
if these are your favorite package managers -
Edit
/etc/apt/sources.list
file to add this line:# Proposed deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
- Reload the sources.list (with
synaptic
, orsudo apt-get update
orsudo aptitude update
) and installflashplugin-nonfree
-
Restart your browser (tested with
firefox
andepiphany
on YouTube)
aptitude show flashplugin-nonfree The From the bug report, looks like the package has been built for Feisty, but not for earlier Ubuntu releases (due to issues with flash 7). Hope this helps :)
Paquet : flashplugin-nonfree
État: installé
Automatiquement installé: oui
Version : 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12.1
Priorité : optionnel
Section : contrib/web
Responsable : Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Taille décompressée : 160k
Dépend: debconf | debconf-2.0, wget, libgtk2.0-0, fontconfig, libxt6, libxext6,
libatk1.0-0, libc6, libcairo2, libexpat1, libfontconfig1, libfreetype6,
libglib2.0-0, libice6, libpango1.0-0, libpng12-0, libsm6, libx11-6,
libxau6, libxcursor1, libxdmcp6, libxfixes3, libxi6, libxinerama1,
libxrandr2, libxrender1, zlib1g
Suggère: firefox, konqueror-nsplugins, x-ttcidfont-conf, msttcorefonts,
ttf-bitstream-vera | ttf-dejavu, ttf-xfree86-nonfree, xfs (>=
1:1.0.1-5)
Est en conflit: flashplugin (< 6), xfs (< 1:1.0.1-5), flashplayer-mozilla
Remplace: flashplugin (< 6)
Description : Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
This package will download the Flash Player from Adobe. It is a
Netscape/Mozilla type plugin. Any browser based on Netscape or Mozilla can use
the Flash plugin. This package currently supports the following browsers:
Mozilla, Mozilla-Firefox, Firefox, Iceweasel, and Iceape. Also Galeon and
Epiphany can use the Flash plugin. Konqueror can also use the Flash plugin if
konqueror-nsplugins is installed.
WARNING: Installing this Ubuntu package causes the Adobe flash plugin to be
downloaded from http://www.adobe.com. The distribution license of the Adobe flash
plugin is available at http://www.adobe.com. Installing this Ubuntu package implies
that you have accepted the terms of that license.
Homepage: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FlashPlayer9%5B/sourcecode%5D
Warning
-proposed
repositories are for TESTS, so please comment them after you are done installing flash.
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