Adobe flash player

[Al]

Son upgraded my ubuntu to 11-10. Now I need to install a new plug-in for Adobe (to watch You Tube) I have 64 bit. But do I want:

Flash Player11 for:

1. Ubuntu (apt)
2. For other Linux (YUM)
3. For other Linux (.tat.gz)
4. For other Linux (.rpm)
???????????

Thanks

 

[Rand]

sorry Icant answer that I usually google for stuff like that...
its the reason I havent switched to linux for my regular desktop..

 

[dparm]

Yum and apt-get are effectively the same thing.

I don't remember if yum is installed by default. If the yum command doesn't work, you'll need to first run "sudo aptitude install yum".

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromLinux/RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAndFedora

Frankly I'd just tell you to install it from Synaptic to keep things easy.

 

[Stu_Rock]

apt and synaptic are the relevant programs for Ubuntu. YUM is most commonly used on the Red Hat/CentOS distributions.

Go into Synaptic and install flashplugin-installer. See if that does the job.

Here's an info page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash

I feel like I needed to do a manual install on at least one of my computers once a long time ago. If the stuff above doesn't help, I can try to figure out what I did.

 

[Al]

OK..I did download it indicated that I needed to remove two programs (forgive me I don't remember which two) but I selected "Download anyway). Bottom line..the latest is installed now but it still won't allow me to use it. (I don't think)

When I watch youtube it will saye "Plugin is out of date" But I can select "run this time". I feel so frigin' stupid.

Thanks very much for your help.

 

[greenaccord02]

Download their .tar.gz flash file to the folder ~/.mozilla/plugins (Hidden, press CTRL+H to see it in the file manager) you may have to create the plugins sub-folder.

Open a command prompt (terminal) and type:

cd ~/.mozilla/plugins/
tar -xvf [filename you downloaded]
exit

Then go open firefox and try to watch youtube videos to see if it worked. Googling "flash test" should give you some links that will allow you to check version number.

 

[Al]

Originally Posted By: greenaccord02
Download their .tar.gz flash file to the folder ~/.mozilla/plugins (Hidden, press CTRL+H to see it in the file manager) you may have to create the plugins sub-folder.

Open a command prompt (terminal) and type:

cd ~/.mozilla/plugins/
tar -xvf [filename you downloaded]
exit

Then go open firefox and try to watch youtube videos to see if it worked. Googling "flash test" should give you some links that will allow you to check version number.

This is probably more than I can deal with..I don't do commands or even know how to for Ubuntu.

But thanks. I just might need to take it back to my son.

But actually they all work on Firefox so maybe I'll just use that for YouTube. Google Chrome sucks.

 

[uc50ic4more]

Install it from the Ubuntu repositories! Make sure you have the non-free (they call it multiverse) repository active and *all you have to do is install it from the Software Center. Done.*

 

[ankaka]

Sorry can't be of any help. You can also Google it of course, for a lot of opinions.