flash - gutsy RESOLVED

Tue Dec 11 01:41:40 UTC 2007

On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 19:41 -0500, John Dangler wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 17:29 -0500, John Dangler wrote:
> > Install of gutsy (fresh install) on a colleague's machine this
> > morning.
> >
> > root at Jim:~# apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree     
> > Reading state information... Done
> > flashplugin-nonfree is already the newest version.
> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > root at Nebo:~# apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-nonfree
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree     
> > Reading state information... Done
> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not
> > upgraded.
> > Need to get 0B/18.1kB of archives.
> > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
> > Preconfiguring packages ...
> > (Reading database ... 96489 files and directories currently
> > installed.)
> > Preparing to replace flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12
> > (using .../flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.2
> > +really0ubuntu12_i386.deb) ...
> > Unpacking replacement flashplugin-nonfree ...
> > Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12) ...
> > Downloading...
> > --17:26:00--
> >
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
> >            => `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
> > Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 72.246.114.70
> > Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|72.246.114.70|:80...
> > connected.
> > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> > Length: 3,036,127 (2.9M) [application/x-gzip]
> >
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> >
> > 17:26:02 (2.30 MB/s) - `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz' saved
> > [3036127/3036127]
> >
> > Download done.
> > md5sum mismatch install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
> > The Flash plugin is NOT installed.
> >
> > Did I miss something ?
> 
> Update - opening a site in FF that requires flash shows a dialog with
> the Ubuntu logo that says "install flash player". Selecting this
> presents another dialog that says "the latest flash player already
> installed - restart FF". On restating FF and going to the same site, I
> get the same "missing plugin" dialog.
> 
> How do I get around the md5sum error?


> I need this interface for school, so if someone can help out, please
> do..

Ok - 
Since I found the answer, I figured I'll share it here

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/~djm/ubuntu/gutsy/#flashplayer