kungfuice.com — OK finally Adobe has decided to release Flash Player 9 in Beta Form for Linux. I?ve decided to throw together a quick how to on how to install it on Ubuntu Edgy. This should hold true however for most flavours of Ubuntu, and most Debian based Distros.
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xoseOct 19, 2006
Both guides are missing an important point: those files are symlinks to a default flash library. That means that other software (Thunderbird, the Mozilla suite, Liferea, and any other program using FF's rendering engine) will still use Flash 7 when they need to render a Flash movie.If you alredy have Flash 7 and want Flash 9 installed system-wise, do this to copy the file:sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
chicken101Oct 20, 2006
I agree. Not only will these HOWTOs confuse new users, but will also deter new ones from trying linux.Basically, you unzip the file into /usr/lib/firefox/plugins.
drakkorOct 20, 2006
WoooHooooo !!! Just got mine installed,and now youtube has sync with audio/video,andmy flash poker site is wayyy faster !!!
quashOct 20, 2006
I got it working on Ubuntu Breezy with this (should work with Dapper and Edgy):1) remove Flash 7 via Synaptic (this is why simply copying to the directories isn't working for some people)2) put the Flash 9 libflashplayer.so in your home directory.3) From terminal cut n' paste these two commandscp libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/pluginssudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/4) restart Firefox. Should now work.To confirm type about:plugins in the url bar and it should now say Flash 9.To test see a couple of test sites, above.Works like a charm!! Thank you Adobe and the Flash Dev team!!! Nicely done!!!
helpdeskdanNov 2, 2006
It should go it /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree where firefox and other programs (mozilla for instance) are already linked to it.
popeyDec 20, 2006
I created a video showing newbies how to do this. You can watch it here (ironically using flash :) ) <a class="user" href="http://quickones.org/Installing_Flash_on_Ubuntu_i386">http://quickones.org/Installing_Flash_on_Ubuntu_i386</a>For the irony-impaired you can stream and download mpeg2, mp4 and ogg/theora videos from there too.