version of Flash Player 10 Ubuntu 8.04

Choose .deb for Ubuntu 8.04+

First get rid of your old Flash.

sudo apt-get remove swfdec-mozilla
sudo apt-get remove mozilla-plugin-gnash
sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin
sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree

Download the .deb and open with gdebi or double click it.

don't download the deb. There are lots of posts on here with people getting dpkg issues after installing the deb.

Can you give the output of:

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

I can give you a command to install 64bit flash if your OS is 64bit. If not, I can advise how to clean out all flashes and install the 10.1 flash which has GPU accelleration enabled. I believe the default is to use 10.0 from the repos.

Thanks but before I start, I want to know if Real Player 11 for Linux would be better than Flash Player 10???

Real player and flash player are seperate things. One is a flash plugin, the other is a media player

 I did get the output but it won't paste to this page

I don't know what I need except for the message I saw which said my Flash Player was slow. I don't know what I should do about it. I may as well clean out all the flashes as you suggest.

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
dpkg: unknown option -1

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
dpkg: unknown option -1

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-26-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 1 18:37:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

You have a 32bit system. You need to copy the command to the terminal, thats why I gave the exact command. Try this instead:

dpkg -l | grep flash > ~/flashaction.txt; dpkg -l | grep gnash >> ~/flashaction.txt; dpkg -l | grep swf >> ~/flashaction.txt; uname -a

Then open flashaction.txt (in the root of home and paste its contents

  i keep trying to paste it to this page but it wont do it

me@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -1|grep flash> ~/flashaction.txt; dpkg -1|grep gnash>> ~/flashaction.txt; dpkg -1|grep swf>> ~flashaction.txt; uname -a
dpkg: unknown option -1

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
dpkg: unknown option -1

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
dpkg: unknown option -1

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-26-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 1 18:37:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

What exactly do I paste and where do I paste it, and how do i open flashaction.txt? I don't understand any of this really.

Type or copy and paste these commands into the terminal and they will remove the old versions and install Flash 10:

sudo apt-get remove swfdec-mozilla
sudo apt-get remove mozilla-plugin-gnash
sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin
sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

thanks but it asks for my password but it wont accept my password

It is, you just get no visible feedback, type your password and hit enter, it will work

me@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get remove swfdec-mozilla
[sudo] password for me:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package swfdec-mozilla is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic libdns35 linux-headers-2.6.24-24
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Ok this is my last try as yu are clearly ignoring me:

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; dpkg -l | grep flash > ~/flashaction.txt; dpkg -l | grep gnash >> ~/flashaction.txt; dpkg -l | grep swf >> ~/flashaction.txt; uname -a >> ~/flashaction.txt; gedit ~/flashaction.txt; rm ~/flashaction.txt

Give the output you are shown.

Thanks

Copy this:

sudo apt-get remove swfdec-mozilla
sudo apt-get remove mozilla-plugin-gnash
sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin
sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Then open your terminal and press Ctrl + Shift + V

actionparsnip: I welcome and appreciate your responses. I did not understand what you wanted me to do. Here is output from the command.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic libdns35 linux-headers-2.6.24-24
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libdns35* linux-headers-2.6.24-24* linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 68.4MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.

 ii adobe-flashplugin 10.0.32.18-1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 10
ii flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+really9.0.260.0ubuntu1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-26-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 1 18:37:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.