Flash 10 in Hardy?

[Edmund Laugasson]

> How can I get Flash 10 in Hardy Heron (8.04)?
> I know that I can download it from the Adobe website and install it in /opt -- how then do I 
> replace Flash 9?


If to look packages:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=flashplugin&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

... then there is written, that in hardy-backports repository at web section can be found 
10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.124.0ubuntu2 package.

If to use classical search at command line with apt:

$ sudo apt-cache search flashplugin
flashplugin-nonfree - Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
adobe-flashplugin - Adobe Flash Player plugin version 10

There we can see, that there's another plugin too. Let's look inside those plugins:

$ sudo apt-cache show flashplugin-nonfree
Package: flashplugin-nonfree
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/web
Installed-Size: 164
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <ubuntu-motu at lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Bart Martens <bartm at knars.be>
Architecture: i386
Version: 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.124.0ubuntu2
----snip----
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 www.adobe.com.  The distribution license of the Adobe flash
  plugin is available at www.adobe.com.  Installing this Ubuntu package implies
  that you have accepted the terms of that license.
   Homepage: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FlashPlayer9


Package: flashplugin-nonfree
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/web
Installed-Size: 164
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <ubuntu-motu at lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Bart Martens <bartm at knars.be>
Architecture: i386
Version: 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
----snip----
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 www.adobe.com.  The distribution license of the Adobe flash
  plugin is available at www.adobe.com.  Installing this Ubuntu package implies
  that you have accepted the terms of that license.
Homepage: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FlashPlayer9


$ sudo apt-cache show adobe-flashplugin
Package: adobe-flashplugin
Priority: optional
Section: partner/web
Installed-Size: 9864
Maintainer: DL-Flash Player Ubuntu <FlashPlayerUbuntu at adobe.com>
Architecture: i386
Version: 10.0.12.36-1hardy2
Replaces: flashplugin (<< 6), flashplugin-nonfree
Provides: flashplugin-nonfree
----snip----
Description: Adobe Flash Player plugin version 10
  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 officially supports the following browsers:
  .
  Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, SeaMonkey 1.11
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu


I installed that adobe-flashplugin and everything works fine. Suggest it also to others - you have 
just enable the partner repository through Synaptic or Adept or just edit with root permissions the 
file /etc/apt/sources.list and uncomment those rows:
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy partner



Best regards,
Edmund Laugasson