Uninstallin Flashplayer?

[NoOp]

On 11/30/2008 06:14 PM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- On Sun, 11/30/08, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: Uninstallin Flashplayer?
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 7:27 PM
>> On 11/30/2008 12:25 PM, Daniel T Chen wrote:
>> > On 11/30/2008 03:01 PM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
>> >> "flashplayer". I can easily remove
>> flashplugin-nonfree but what about 
>> >> the flashplayer that the plugin installed.
>> That's what I can't find 
>> >> and what Adobe's message is all about. Sorry
>> for my ignorance.
>> >>
>> >> Leonard Chatagnier
>> >> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>> >>
>> >>
>> > 
>> > The flashplugin-nonfree package only downloads and
>> installs the Flash 
>> > plugin for Web browsers.  It does not install any
>> standalone ("heavy" or 
>> > "thick") application.  In fact, on Ubuntu,
>> the "Flash Player" to which 
>> > the Adobe instructions refer is this plugin.
>> > 
>> 
>> In addition, I would do a:
>> 
>> sudo updatedb
>> locate libflashplayer.so
>> 
>> Note: updatedb is to ensure that any new installs are
>> detected on the
>> 'locate' as updatedb is only updated every 24 hours
>> otherwise.
>> 
>> Then do an md5sum on each to ensure that they match. If
>> they do not,
>> replace any older with the new one (rename the old one in
>> case you want
>> to fall back & copy the new one to it's place).
>> 
>> So, if you find something like:
>> 
>> /home/<user>/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
>> 
>> Do an md5sum on both:
>> 
>> md5sum
>> /home/<user>/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> md5sum /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
>> 
>> and compare.
>> 
>> 
> Thanks Gary,
> I did find one file not with the right libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree which I fixed. I admit I didn't use md5sums to check all the .so files and just used ls -al.  All had the same file size except the one above. The new 64 bit flash player is working great now. Go get it, 64 bit users.
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
> 

File sizes don't mean squat; do a simple md5sum to check to ensure that
the files are the same.