Adobe Flash for 64bit - what is proper way to install to 10.4? ; jor

giovanni_re john_re at fastmail.us
Fri Jun 11 05:00:26 UTC 2010


Installing on an AMD 64bit version of KUbuntu, which hasn't had flash installed yet.  Using Firefox, with NoScrit & AdBlockPlus extensions installed.

News:  Adobe Goes To Flash 10.1, Forgoes Security Fix For 10
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/06/10/226251/Adobe-Goes-To-Flash-101-Forgoes-Security-Fix-For-10


"So much for 64-bit (Score:5, Informative)
by innocent_white_lamb (151825) writes: on Thursday June 10, @07:11PM (#32529794)

No more 64-bit Linux version:

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html [adobe.com]

The Flash Player 10.1 64-bit Linux beta is closed. We remain committed to delivering 64-bit support in a future release of Flash Player. No further information is available at this time."

==  On adobe's site, 
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
What's the proper choice: ".deb for Ubuntu 8.04+", or "APT for Ubuntu 9.04+"
What is APT? - APackageTool, the debian package tool?

Where is the 64bit version located??


=====  More unuseful URL's & some info:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash

says: 
"Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) and later

Use the Adobe Flash PPA and install the flashplugin64-installer package. You can do this by copying and pasting the following into a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sevenmachines/flash && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install flashplugin64-installer"

BUT:
==  Note the date:  SevenMachines  (2010-02-18) 
https://launchpad.net/~sevenmachines/+archive/flash

== using:  udo add-apt-repository ppa:sevenmachines/flash
from
https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~sevenmachines/+archive/flash

gets:
Error reading https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~sevenmachines/+archive/flash: <urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>

But, I'm able to load that url in firefox fine:
"dependencies_collection_link
    https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~sevenmachines/+archive/flash/dependencies
description
    Latest adobe flash plugin for x86-64
    This is a personal package archive for experimental software, packages may often break or contain severe bugs. It should not be used except for development purposes.
displayname
    Adobe Flash PPA
distribution_link
    https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/ubuntu
http_etag
    "da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709-0b47e188fafa7b2a8df726b7e2f39520d0cf0104"
name
    flash
owner_link
    https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~sevenmachines
private
    False
require_virtualized
    True
resource_type_link
    https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/#archive
self_link
    https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~sevenmachines/+archive/flash
signing_key_fingerprint
    454FEDB228E1455D687C9CBE35DA01C261E46227"




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