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Adobe Flash plugin error, but system says it is installed.

Asked by Steven Larsen

I have an older system 2002 Dell Inspiron 4550 32 bit based system. I am running Kubuntu 10.10. How can I get the Adobe flash updates to install correctly and be recognized without the 64 bit errors or the erroneous info window stating that it is already installed. I need the Flash updates for College homework web sites

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

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

Thanks

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Best marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#2

give this a try.

press CTL+ALT+T to get into terminal then type

sudo apt-get -purge remove adobe-flash
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get install update
sudo apt-get install upgrade
sudo apt-get install adobe-flash

enter your password when asked. it won't show on the screen.

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Steven Larsen (steve-larsen) said : 		#3

On 02/20/2011 12:12 AM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #146080 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/146080
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested for more information:
> Can you give the output of:
>
> lsb_release -a; uname -a; echo; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep
> gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf
>
> Thanks
>
 here is the output:

g -l | grep
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
Linux kubuntu-geek 2.6.35-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 21 17:40:48
UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

ii flashplugin-installer
10.2.152.27ubuntu0.10.10.1 Adobe Flash Player
plugin installer
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Try `grep --help' for more information.
steven@kubuntu-geek:~$ gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf
The program 'gnash' is currently not installed. To run 'gnash' please
ask your administrator to install the package 'gnash-common'

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

ok what is the output of:

dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf

Thanks

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Steven Larsen (steve-larsen) said : 		#5

Thanks marcus aurelius, that solved my question.