Firefox and libflashplayer.so

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Sun, 9/20/09, R Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com> wrote:

> From: R Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: Firefox and libflashplayer.so
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 9:51 AM
> On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:08:15 -0700
> (PDT)
> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> 
> > Richard, there is no /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin
> > dir in 64 bit dual core ubuntu; at least I don't
> > have one.  However, if you make symlinks, or just
> copy the
> > libflashplayer.so file to the various plugin dirs the
> browsers should
> > find and use it.  You can also put the
> libflashplayer.so in you home dir
> > under ~/.mozilla/plugins, you may have to add the
> plugins dir, but that
> > should work also.  there should be a
> libflashplayer.so entry in the
> > ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxx.default dir in the
> pluginreg.dat file if your
> > setup is correct at least there is one in mine and
> flash works for me.
> 
> This file is virtually empty.  It says:-
> Generated File. Do not edit.
> 
> [HEADER]
> Version:0.10:$
> 
> [PLUGINS]
> 
It would help if you said just what file you are
talking about.  Several were mentioned in my reply.

> > The easiest solution is to just add the symlinks to
> > the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins dir and to any other
> browser plugin dir your
> > have.  If I said something wrong here someone
> please correct but if you
> > follow my directions it wont hurt anything.
> 
> I've effectively done that, though by copying the file,
> rather than using
> symlinks.
> 
You really don't give enough feedback for us to know
exactly what you've done.  You've done that just exactly where.  there are several places you could do that and they are different in many cases from 32 bit  Jaunty.
FYI, i have the latest libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz installed in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins probably because that is what the flash site said how to install it.  I also have it installed in the other browser dirs and flash works for them too.
Perhaps with some more info from you, someone on the list may be able to help you. What did you use to install libflashplayer.so?  How did you install it?  From repos or from a *.tar.gz?  If you used a non-repo file, like the tar.gz, did you follow the install directions given on the site.  You may have mentioned this before but the thread has been going aroung for a while and I don't recall.  You need to help us help you a bit more.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net