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need to get rid of Shockwave flash

Asked by Riverrun

Tried sudo apt-get remove...didn't work. The reason I need to do this is so that I can install the Flash Plugin Non-Free .deb package. That way, I can get Youtube working in Opera 9.50. Foolishly, I installed the default package in FF after clicking on a Youtube video and choosing the default Adobe Flash plugin. Compiling a tarball is still beyond me so the only option I can see is to navigate to the folder that holds the existing plugin(which works with FF incidentally) and thrashing it from there.

This presents some difficulties for me>
a) I have no idea what the name of the folder is or where to find it
b) I have no idea how to navigate in root.

Can anyone help?

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#1

Hey, it's cool, a little googling and a lot of experimentation and I solved my problem. I even learned how to untar a tball.

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#2

Hey, it's cool, a little googling and a lot of experimentation and I solved my problem. I even learned how to untar a tball.

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Allen Chemist (alchemist) said : 		#3

Hi Riverrun,

I'm a bit confused by what you are asking, but here are a few suggestions:

1. To remove something, do System -> administration -> Synaptic. Search for your package there. Anything with a green box is currently installed -- click the green box and hit "Mark for removal". (Try searching for flash, or mozplugin )
If you want to stick to the command line, you can do:
dpkg -l | grep flash
sudo apt-get remove (whatever the dpkg command tells you is currently installed)

2. "Compiling a tarball" -- The adobe flash plugin is pre-compiled within the tar (at least last time I checked). Simply unzip the tarball, and there should be a .sh file in there. From the command line, do this (if the file is called InstallFlash.sh):
. ./InstallFlash.sh
(thats dot space dot slash InstallFlash.sh )

3. If you are looking for the firefox plugins directory your personal one is
/home/<yourusername>/.mozilla/plugins/
Note to see the ".mozilla" folder in your home directory, you will need to hit "View -> Hidden Files (Ctrl+H)".
The "all users plugins" directory is here:
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
or it might be here too:
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/

What do you mean "Navigate in Root"? I think you might mean browse the filesystem without any restrictions (use the root account). Be Careful!! Don't accidentally erase anything doing this!! From the command line, type:
gksudo nautilus

HTH
-Allen