Install flash 9

[deepak]

Does this work on AMD64?

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 a security issue and is seriously outdated.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
>
>   
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