Please fix flashplayer issues

I do not know the answer. That said, I would like to know exactly what is not working. I see this problem often (Launchpad questions). The reason I am interested, is on 12.04, I have never had a problem with watching videos (Youtube or any other videos). I can stream music, with no problem. Please don't think I am bragging, I really want to know the solution, as so many people have it. Thank you for any information.
Michael

You don't need flashaid or any 3rd party nonsense. You just need the correct packages installing.

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnas|swf|spark'

Thanks

michael@michael-desktop:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnas|swf|spark'
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Release:    10.04
Codename:    lucid
Linux michael-desktop 2.6.32-41-generic #90-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 22 11:31:25 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
ii  flashplugin-installer                 11.2.202.236ubuntu0.10.04.1                     Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii  gnash-common                          0.8.7-0ubuntu1                                  free SWF movie player - common files/librari
ii  libswfdec-0.8-0                       0.8.4-1build1                                   SWF (Macromedia Flash) decoder library
michael@michael-desktop:~$

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Subject: Re: [Question #200933]: Please fix flashplayer issues
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Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 7:56 AM

Your question #200933 on flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+question/200933

    Status: Open => Needs information

actionparsnip requested more information:
You don't need flashaid or any 3rd party nonsense. You just need the
correct packages installing.

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnas|swf|spark'

Thanks

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Please close firefox and work from terminal only:
sudo apt-get purge gnash-common
sudo apt-get purge ibswfdec-0.8-0

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

When finished without errors, restart firefox.

Having 3 flash plugins causes a conflict. Sam's commands will help a lot

Sam when ran the script i got the following error
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
michael@michael-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
also i get from firefox my icetea plugin 1.6 is outdated all i see at the site is java 7 .taz i don't know how to install .taz files is there a deb. version

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Subject: Re: [Question #200933]: Please fix flashplayer issues
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 7:46 PM

Your question #200933 on flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+question/200933

    Status: Open => Answered

Sam_ proposed the following answer:
Please close firefox and work from terminal only:
sudo apt-get purge gnash-common
sudo apt-get purge ibswfdec-0.8-0

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

When finished without errors, restart firefox.

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> when ran the script

Mike, there were no script to run, #4 only contents single commands for command line aka terminal.

> var/lib/dpkg/lock
>> is another process using it?

Please close all running package management GUIs, e.g. software-center, update-manager, synaptic, software-properties.

Please run cmds from #4 again, and we'd like to view the complete output incl. the cmd you've issued, copy and paste complete terminal output here. Thanks.

As long as the first steps aren't solved don't bother with installing anything else.
Get on with java later.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

Please avoid replying by email incl. citation, which makes a question unreadable after a while, rather post directly via web browser or disable citation. Thanks.

I reran the commands again and this what i  get now.

michael@michael-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get purge gnash-common
[sudo] password for michael:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package gnash-common is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  fakeroot linux-headers-2.6.32-21 libdiscid0 libboost-thread1.40.0
  libboost-date-time1.40.0 linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic dkms gnome-mplayer
  libswfdec-0.8-0 libqt3-mt patch libmusicbrainz3-6
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
michael@michael-desktop:~$

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From: Sam_ <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #200933]: Please fix flashplayer issues
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 10:26 PM

Your question #200933 on flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+question/200933

    Status: Open => Answered

Sam_ proposed the following answer:
> when ran the script

Mike, there were no script to run, #4 only contents single commands for
command line aka terminal.

> var/lib/dpkg/lock
>> is another process using it?

Please close all running package management GUIs, e.g. software-center,
update-manager, synaptic, software-properties.

Please run cmds from #4 again, and we'd like to view the complete output
incl. the cmd you've issued, copy and paste complete terminal output
here. Thanks.

As long as the first steps aren't solved don't bother with installing anything else.
Get on with java later.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

Please avoid replying by email incl. citation, which makes a question
unreadable after a while, rather post directly via web browser or
disable citation. Thanks.

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Thanks for the terminal output.
Please apply:
sudo apt-get purge ibswfdec-0.8-0
sudo apt-get clean

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Just saw the output from duplicate.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+question/201114

> E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Mike, do you actually read the outputs yourself and have your thoughts on it?
When it says,
> is another process using it?

there is no sense in proceeding with other commands. When one issue isn't solved the next issue will be impossible to solve either.

Please close all running package management GUIs, e.g. software-center, update-manager, software-sources, synaptic ....

Then only work from terminal and rather copy and paste the cmd to avoid typos:

sudo apt-get purge libswfdec-0.8-0

sudo apt-get clean

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

 I never had a problem with watching video or streaming music until a firefov update & a flahplayer update along with the icetea plugin 6 1.9 now firfox says its outdated and will be blocked. I have the ubuntu restricted extras installed but it doesn't solve the problem. I have tried fixes from launchpad and others but nothing fixes the problem.

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Subject: Re: [Question #200933]: Please fix flashplayer issues
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Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 12:15 AM

Your question #200933 on flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+question/200933

michael posted a new comment:
I do not know the answer. That said, I would like to know exactly what is not working. I see this problem often (Launchpad questions). The reason I am interested, is on 12.04, I have never had a problem with watching videos (Youtube or any other videos). I can stream music, with no problem. Please don't think I am bragging, I really want to know the solution, as so many people have it. Thank you for any information.
Michael

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Can you give the output of:

dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnas|swf|spark'

Thanks

michael@michael-desktop:~$ dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnas|swf|spark'
ii  flashplugin-installer                 11.2.202.236ubuntu0.10.04.1                     Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
michael@michael-desktop:~$

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Subject: Re: [Question #200933]: Please fix flashplayer issues
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Date: Friday, June 22, 2012, 7:21 AM

Your question #200933 on flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+question/200933

    Status: Open => Needs information

actionparsnip requested more information:
Can you give the output of:

dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnas|swf|spark'

Thanks

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