Downloading Flash in Firefox

[Johnneylee Rollins]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Mark C. Miller <mr.mcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone had a problem in Firefox running 10.04 getting the plugin to
> load?
>
> Every time I visit a site that needs flash, I'm prompted to download the
> current plug-in.  When I follow the links I have two choices, one for 8.04
> + (a .deb file) and a second one for 9.10+ (APT file).  If I try the 8.04
> route, I get absolutely nothing.  When I try the 9.04 option it tells me
> that it's a virtual install (sorry, I didn't write down the exact error
> message.)  It doesn't work after all of that.
>
> I installed the player just fine on my IBM, HP, and Gateway desktops.
> I'm having this problem on a Dell computer at work. It will not run the
> most recent kernal,so I'm one version behind. Could that be the source of
> the problem?
>
> tnx
>
> mcm
>
Hrm, might try sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Let me know what happens, we might have to delve a bit deeper.

~SpaceGhost