Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) Flash Plugins Needed
It appears I need a Mozilla Addon for Adobe flash.
Today, 24 Oct 2011, I installed Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric)
and am receiving this message:
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Plugin Finder Service
No suitable plugins were found.
Unknown Plugin (application / x-shockwave-flash)
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What are the steps for installing Flash Plugins
for Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric)?
Thank you,
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- Solved by:
- Eliah Kagan
- Solved:
- 2011-11-07
- Last query:
- 2011-11-07
- Last reply:
- 2011-10-26
Jacobsallan (jacobsallan) said : | #1 |
Use the Software Update Center.
Search for Adobe Flash. There are two choices: Adobe Flash plugin and Adobe Flash Plugin 10. If your machine has an AMD CPU then use "Adobe Flash plugin". If your machine has an Intel CPU then use "Adobe Flash Plugin 10".
Click on the Install button once you have chosen the correct update.
Can you give the output of:
lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf'
Thanks
Jacobsallan said:
> If your machine has an AMD CPU then use "Adobe Flash plugin". If your
> machine has an Intel CPU then use "Adobe Flash Plugin 10".
That is not good advice.
There are two packages that provide the Adobe Flash plugin. flashplugin-
In Oneiric, adobe-flashplugin provides both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the plugin, while flashplugin-
So the best advice for you as an Oneiric user would just be to install the one that says "Adobe Flash Player 10" (adobe-
However, if you want a recommendation based on the specifics of your machine and Ubuntu system, you should provide the information requested by actionparsnip. This also investigates whether or not you already have a (possibly not-working) Flash plugin installed. Providing that information is the most thorough way to proceed. And if you do install adobe-flashplugin and then experience problems, you should surely provide that information, as providing it is also the first step to troubleshooting most Flash problems.
Thanks Eliah Kagan, that solved my question.
I just need to express my appreciation to this Ubuntu community.
Responders such as Eliah Kagan and actionparsnip give us who don't know much
a sense of confidence that Ubuntu can work "for the rest of us". Thank you.
Most respectfully,
vgj
We try. The way I see it, if more people use Ubuntu then more bugs get reported which is good :)
Also, I have VERY few ubuntu issues due to my super compatible hardware as well as basic use, so it's the only real way I can learn the OS, so it's a 2 way street :)
Thanks by the way, a thanks you every now and again goes a long way :)