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adobe-flashplugin package

Hulu videos will not play, latest flash installed

Asked by james shrum

I upgraded from 8.04 to 10.04 to try to solve my hulu problem...did not work. I have installed and uninstalled the flash non-free, still did not work. I do not seem to have adblock in play, or problems with cookies. Hulu gives me the message: "This site does not support express install" then it directs me to go to Flash to download the latest version. In about:plugins I can see that I have the latest version of flash, yet hulu does not seem to recognize this. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf

Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

You may also want this:
http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop-linux

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james shrum (james-shrum) said : 		#3

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
shrum@shrum-desktop:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

The command was more than that. Please run the WHOLE command.
Thanks

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james shrum (james-shrum) said : 		#5

shrum@shrum-desktop:~$ lsb_release -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
shrum@shrum-desktop:~$

I entered what was above. From your response I gather you were expecting more info.It seems to not see flash at all. synaptic manager does not list it either. I assume I will have to get another flash plugin...but which one?

thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Yes, you don't have flash installed.

I suggest you run:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

and you will have flash installed.

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james shrum (james-shrum) said : 		#7

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
ii flashplugin-installer 10.1.82.76ubuntu0.10.04.2 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii flashplugin-nonfree 10.1.82.76ubuntu0.10.04.2 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer (transit

This is what the output says now. Does that mean that flash is installed? Or is just the installer on my system? I tried to access hulu videos again and still get the express install not supported method.

thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

Yes you have flash installed fine. You may benefit from running:

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-nonfree flashplugin-installer; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

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james shrum (james-shrum) said : 		#9

Did as you instructed still no go, what am I missing?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#10

please try https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adobe-flashplugin/+question/121829

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#11

http://nhaines.livejournal.com/68407.html

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