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Umbutu 7.10 manual flash player 9 install

Asked by John McEnroe

Attempting to install Flash Player 9 on Mozilla Firefox.

System Ubuntu 7.10
Mozilla Firefox
on Toshiba Satellite A65 laptop
2/05/08

Flash Player 9 downloaded Option 1: .tar.gz from this source tinyurl.com/r4tj7

It could not be installed using several methods.

I went to www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/flash where I found a possible bug fix, updated 02/05/2008:
If you're installing Flash between January and April 2008, there is a bug with the usual installation method, so you should do a manual installation of Flash instead of following the tutorial outlined below.
www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/flashmanual

I went all the way through the manual install, but Iunable to complete opening or installing flash and I received error message (which I lost) after following the instructions.

John McEnroe
Portland, Oregon

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This question was originally filed as bug #189456.

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Murat Gunes (mgunes) said : 		#1

I'm converting this to a question, since it's a support request rather than a bug report.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

Hello

Type these commands in a terminal (applications -> accessories -> terminal)

wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

Then..
Change directory to Dektop by running the command "cd Desktop", without the quotes.
Then..

tar xvfz install_flash_player_9_linux

cd install_flash_player_9_linux

./flashplayer-installer

To install flash on gutsy..

Another alternative easy way is

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10761023/flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.115.0ubuntu2_i386.deb

Click on the link above and download the .deb file after downloading it double click on it and install it to get flash..

Hope that helps

Bhavani Shankar.

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John McEnroe (photo-hevanet) said : 		#3

I'll try these ideas!

Thank you.

John

On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 09:46 +0000, Bhavani Shankar wrote:
> Your question #23978 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/23978
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Bhavani Shankar proposed the following answer:
> Hello
>
> Type these commands in a terminal (applications -> accessories ->
> terminal)
>
> wget
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
>
> Then..
> Change directory to Dektop by running the command "cd Desktop", without the quotes.
> Then..
>
> tar xvfz install_flash_player_9_linux
>
> cd install_flash_player_9_linux
>
> ./flashplayer-installer
>
> To install flash on gutsy..
>
> Another alternative easy way is
>
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10761023/flashplugin-
> nonfree_9.0.115.0ubuntu2_i386.deb
>
> Click on the link above and download the .deb file after downloading it
> double click on it and install it to get flash..
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Bhavani Shankar.
>

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John McEnroe (photo-hevanet) said : 		#4

The .deb install worked just fine, thanks!

John McEnroe
Portland, Oregon, USA

On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 09:46 +0000, Bhavani Shankar wrote:
> Your question #23978 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/23978
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Bhavani Shankar proposed the following answer:
> Hello
>
> Type these commands in a terminal (applications -> accessories ->
> terminal)
>
> wget
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
>
> Then..
> Change directory to Dektop by running the command "cd Desktop", without the quotes.
> Then..
>
> tar xvfz install_flash_player_9_linux
>
> cd install_flash_player_9_linux
>
> ./flashplayer-installer
>
> To install flash on gutsy..
>
> Another alternative easy way is
>
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10761023/flashplugin-
> nonfree_9.0.115.0ubuntu2_i386.deb
>
> Click on the link above and download the .deb file after downloading it
> double click on it and install it to get flash..
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Bhavani Shankar.
>

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

So please mark this question as solved.

Thank you

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