Install flash 9

[NoOp]

On 07/20/2007 05:15 PM, Richard Mancusi wrote:
> On 7/20/07, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 07/20/2007 04:19 PM, Richard Mancusi wrote:
>> > On 7/20/07, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Please don't do that. The Ubuntu flashplugin-nonfree is 9.0.31 which is
>> >> a security issue and is seriously outdated. The current version is
>> >> 9.0.48, so please install directly using the directions that Lee provided.
>> >>
>> >
>> > If you have "Proposed updates" enabled, today's update via Update
>> > Manager has:
>> >
>> > Version 9.0.48.0.0ubuntu1~7.04.1
>> >
>> > Looks o.k. to me - what am I missing?
>> >
>> > -rich
>> >
>>
>> Proposed updates is not typical.
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuUpdates
>> <quote>
>> Proposed updates
>>
>> The proposed updates are updates which are waiting to be moved into the
>> recommended updates queue after some testing. They may never reach
>> recommended or they may be replaced with a more recent update.
>>
>> Enabling this is reasonable if you want to participate in testing minor
>> updates, or know that your specific problem has been solved here but the
>> package hasn't reached recommended yet.
>> </quote>
>>
>> It's highly unlikely that *most* Ubuntu users will have this enabled,
>> and will not think of looking for 9.0.48 there.
>>
> 
> Although I agree that "*most*" won't have it enabled - perhaps they
> should.  This allows you to review and decide.  In reality (in this case)
> you ARE installing the proposed update via a different and more
> complicated route.  The difference is that you didn't know it was
> proposed - merely that it was recommended on the list.  I would much
> rather know it's true origin.
> 
> -rich
> 

It's *true* origin is here:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
<http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz>