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firefox-3.0 package

flashplayer will not work.

Asked by Diane Perez

I have Ubuntu on my computer and I also have the Linux program and the wine software installed on my computer I have Fire fox 3.0 Now the problem is that I can not install Flash player on my computer at all. What do I do and How do I go about enabling Java because I went to tools and It was not there So how do I look for Java and I do not have internet explorer at all. So can you help me please??!!!! Thanks From Diane

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Douglas Moyes (aragorn-stellimare) said : 		#1

Use the following command from the terminal to install Flash the easy way:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

You can also look for it in Synaptic Package Manager. You will need to restart firefox to see your flash plugin work. To enable/disable the flash plugin, go to Tools > Addons > Plugins (tab). Flash is a bit buggy on any platform, but especially Linux. If you run into any trouble, disable the plugin and re-enable it later.

You don't need WINE to use Flash. There are also free alternatives to Flash, if you'd rather use them, but they are not completely compatible with Flash 9/10 at the moment.

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