Latest Adobe Flash plugin just installed

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 13:13 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote: 
> On 10/02/2011 12:06, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:16 PM, MR ZenWiz<mrzenwiz at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> So, just for fun, I pulled down the 64-bit version from adobe.com, and
> >> it doesn't work at all.
> >>
> >> I like what I have - it works.
> >
> > I've been using Adobe Flash 64 Beta and "Square" for a long time now
> > with no issues (10,3,162,29)
> >
> > Just remove any trace of a previous Flash install, download "Square" from
> >
> > http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/6b3af6c9.html
> >
> > Extract libflashplayer.so to home/$/.mozilla/plugins/
> >
> > Restart Firefox and it's done.
> 
> Sounds like you are using Firefox directly from Mozilla and installing 
> it in your home directory - which is what I used to do until 12 months 
> ago. The installation of firefox which comes with Ubuntu, and 
> 'maintained' by Canonical, does not use the /home/.mozilla/plugins/ - 
> the symlink there is "dead"; the plugin for FF is in 
> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins.

I was about to add the same thing. For once I decided to install the
latest firefox from mozilla. What a mistake. All of my plugins died. I
decided I would not venture out of the synaptic approved packages
again. :) Ric


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