Stable 64-bit flash

Danny Piccirillo danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.com
Wed Jun 17 20:54:29 UTC 2009


https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/326555
On the LP bug page, someone posted a link to
http://packages.debian.org/sid/flashplugin-nonfree which supposedly uses the
native 64-bit version of flash. Can somebody confirm this?

And, if it's true, can a script be used to install it form there isntead?

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 15:34, Joe Terranova <joeterranova at gmail.com> wrote:

> > A file compare shows that the two libraries are identical. Does this not
> > mean that the Ubuntu repositories are already providing the most recent
> > Adobe 64-bit flash?
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Miller, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> > bruce at brmiller.ca; (613) 745-1151
> >
>
> Look at the postinst file for the package. It downloads the stable 32
> bit version from archive.canonical, and then wraps it with
> nspluginwapper. Are you sure you didn't already install 64 alpha
> before doing that comparison?
>
>
> Joe Terranova
>



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