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flashplugin-nonfree package

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Asked by Jon Charge

I use Natty. After a recent upgrade Flash content won't play in my Firefox anymore. I am frustrated. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnasg; dpkg -l | grep swf

Thanks

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Jon Charge (seropith) said : 		#2

jon@cloud:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnasg; dpkg -l | grep swf
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
Linux cloud 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ii flashplugin-installer 10.3.181.26ubuntu0.11.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii flashplugin-nonfree 10.3.181.26ubuntu0.11.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer (transitional package)
ii kwordquiz 4:4.6.2-0ubuntu2 flashcard learning program for KDE
jon@cloud:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree; sudo apt-get clean; sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sevenmachines/flash; sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install flashplugin64-installer

64bit flash for your 64bit OS

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Jon Charge (seropith) said : 		#4

The problem does persist. I go to the flash test, and my browser says I need a plugin to continue... incidentally, plugin finder does not work.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Can you rerun the first command I gave please

Thanks

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Jon Charge (seropith) said : 		#6

Ok...

jon@cloud:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnasg; dpkg -l | grep swf
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
Linux cloud 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ii flashplugin64-installer 10.3.162.29-0ubuntu0~sevenmachines3 Adobe Flash Player plugin 64 bit alpha installer
ii kwordquiz 4:4.6.2-0ubuntu2 flashcard learning program for KDE
jon@cloud:~$

Thank you again for your time.

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Jon Charge (seropith) said : 		#7

I actually had other flash products installed apparently... this broke the system it appears. Did a package search for other flash plugins, removed them all, and reinstalled via the command above. Sorry, and thank you again for your time.

Jon