Downloading Flash in Firefox

Michael Satterwhite michael at weblore.com
Sun May 23 21:33:14 UTC 2010


On Sunday, May 23, 2010 04:02:33 pm NoOp wrote:
> On 05/23/2010 01:03 PM, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> > On Sunday, May 23, 2010 02:15:14 pm NoOp wrote:
> >> > Before posting this message, I had run
> >> > 
> >> > 	sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree
> >> > 	
> >> > 	sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree
> >> > 
> >> > According to synaptic, these packages are installed.
> >> 
> >> Do this again:
> >> 
> >> $ sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree
> >> then
> >> $ sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
> > 
> > First command ran find. The second give:
> > 
> > Package adobe-flashplugin is not available, but is referred to by another
> > package.
> > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> > is only available from another source
> 
> $ apt-cache policy adobe-flashplugin
> adobe-flashplugin:
>   Installed: 10.0.45.2-1lucid1
>   Candidate: 10.0.45.2-1lucid1
>   Version table:
>  *** 10.0.45.2-1lucid1 0
>         500 http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid/partner Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 
> You'll need to enable the partner repository:
> Synaptic|Settings|Repositories|Other Software|check the
> 'http://archive.canoical.com/ lucid partner'
> repositories|Close|Reload|quick search 'adobe-flashplugin'|Install
> 
> Or you can do the above from the terminal:
> 
> $ gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
> add:
> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner
> deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner
> 
> save & close gedit (or your prefered terminal editor), then:
> 
> $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
> $ sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

Done. Now I no longer get the message saying I need to download the Adobe 
Flash Player. I'm back to the blank space on the screen where the flash 
content should display.






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