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How do you get missing plugins for Firefox

Asked by Mike

At Youtube for example, I should get an "install missing plugins" option button when I click a video link but I don't. How do I install flash correctly or how do I force that button to appear

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Best GAkHEdgmrQ (mvndukezjm-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Close Mozilla Firefox completely (including the download manager if it is running) and run these commands in a terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound

You should now have Adobe flash installed.

(On a related note, the ubuntu-restricted-extras package includes many of the popular non-free codecs should you require them.)

Another alternative (if the above fails) is to manually install it using this tarball or .deb from here:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

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Mike (mclark452) said : 		#2

I installed ubuntu-restricted-extras and all is well, Thank You!!! Do you know why Firefox did not inform me and give me an option to install the missing plugin? From my experience in the past, I should have gotten a bar across the top of the screen below the toolbars with a button to install missing plugins.

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Mike (mclark452) said : 		#3

Thanks StevePearce, that solved my question.

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Mike (mclark452) said : 		#4

Do you know why Firefox did not inform me and give me an option to install the missing plugin? From my experience in the past, I should have gotten a bar across the top of the screen below the toolbars with a button to install missing plugins

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GAkHEdgmrQ (mvndukezjm-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

Sorry, I don't.

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Mike (mclark452) said : 		#6

Thanks StevePearce, that solved my question.