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firefox-3.0 package

how to get youtube video to play?

Asked by gretarsson

Hi. if I try to open / play youtube video then nothing happend I have tryinstalling flashplugin-nonfree but still nothing, I have try downloading from Terminal and synaptic package manager but still nothing, I have ubuntu 8.04 AMD64 hardy and Ffx 3
Thanks

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello

You need to install flash

you need to have extra repositories enabled..
To enable all the software repositories do ref this link..

http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/sources

after getting all the required repositories enabled

Type the following command in a terminal (applications -> accessories -> terminal)

sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree

Please refer these articles for more information on installing flash player:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash

http://www.lazytechguy.com/2008/01/installing-flash-plugin-in-firefox-on.html
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/flash

Regards

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gretarsson (gretarsson) said : 		#2

Hi again if I do this in Terminal then I got "ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the
       Adobe Flash Player installer."
I am running AMD64 64bit of U.E. ubuntu 8.04 Hardy and still can not play youtube video.
is some thing else I can do?

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Jonas Jabs (jonas-flinux) said : 		#3

in my quicksearch i found this... maybe its helpful

http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/archives/000258.cfm

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Harvey Muller (hlmuller) said : 		#4

gretarsson,

I am using the x86_64 architecture also. I view you tube video. All I have done is to install flashplugin-nonfree. You can find it in synaptic. System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

Just search for flashplugin-nonfree, mark it, and install it.

If this resolves your question, please mark this question Solved.

Thanks!

Harvey

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