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Which version of Flash do i need to install on Firefox 3.6.8 loaded onto an Ubunto 10.04 machine so that I can watch videos on Facebook? There were 7 options (all for Linux) listed on the Flash site.

Asked by Joe G

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Which version of Flash do i need to install on Firefox 3.6.8 loaded onto an Ubuntu 10.04 machine so that I can watch videos on Facebook? There were 7 options (all for Linux) listed on the Flash site.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 15 14:45:37 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 firefox-branding 3.6.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

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This question was originally filed as bug #618409.

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Joe G (redledr) said : 		#1
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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#3

You seem to be running an old version of adobe-flashplugin. I suggest upgrading that to the latest version.

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Joe G (redledr) said : 		#4

But Micah, which version? There were several listed on the Adobe Flash
download site:

        http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

        Adobe Flash Player version 10.1 Linux

select version to download...

YUM for Linux
.tar.gz for Linux
.rpm for Linux
.deb for Ubuntu 8.04+
APT for Ubuntu 9.04+

/Which one do I use????/

Thanks!

On 08/15/2010 03:05 PM, Micah Gersten wrote:
> Your question #121265 on firefox in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+question/121265
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Micah Gersten proposed the following answer:
> You seem to be running an old version of adobe-flashplugin. I suggest
> upgrading that to the latest version.
>
>

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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#5

You don't need to download it from Adobe. If you enable the partner repository, you can install it from the Ubuntu Software Center.
Here is a link to documentation on enabling the partner repository:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

The advantage to doing it this way is that you will be notified of Flash updates when they are available along with the rest of your system updates.

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Neil Daniel (neiladaniel) said : 		#6

Hi Joe, get the deb package. Then use Update Manager to install the flash plugin.

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