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Since I'm running Ubuntu, I decided to try the 'download for Ubuntu' option on the download form. It went down like this: - Firefox asked me whether I wanted t

Since I'm running Ubuntu, I decided to try the 'download for Ubuntu' option on the download form. It went down like this: - Firefox asked me whether I wanted to launch the 'apturl' tool. I accepted its suggestion. - I got a dialog saying "This will enable the Canonical Partners repository". I'm pretty sure I already had it enabled, but sure, what the hell. - I got the usual 'downloading updated package lists' dialog. - I got an error dialog complaining that 'adobe-flashplugin' is a purely virtual package. And that was that. Guess it's back to trusty ol' tarballs.

maximilian 15y ago
I also went through this, gave up, then downloaded the tarball, and copied the plugin to its spot in /var/lib/. I did backup the old plugin though, just in case. I also tried just updating Chrome, which is supposed to have the newer flash version, but it didn't have it. Not sure why..
- kevindication 15y ago
  Is this the first time you've circumvented the package management system? If you have done it before, maybe that's the cause of the pain now? Just guessing, since these things usually work without any complaint for me.
przemoc 15y ago
At least in debian: sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree --install works flawlessly.
- mike-cardwell 15y ago
  I think his point was that he followed the instructions, and they failed. If he had been using Windows, he'd have followed the instructions and succeeded. This is the problem with Linux. FWIW, I currently run Ubuntu on my laptop, and very much like it, Windows 7 on my work desktop, and my previous laptop ran OSX.
lallysingh 15y ago
It would be funny --- if it wasn't so tragic --- how much easier to use and manage free software is. Especially considering it's almost all just './configure ; make && make install' at the base level. I friggin' love pacman.
- nodata 15y ago
  That's a good point. If Flash was free software, there wouldn't be a need for a download page - it would be in the repositories already.
  - windsurfer 15y ago
    I worked for Adobe and there are more than 100 licensed libraries and even more patents used in Flash. There's almost no chance it'll be open source.
  - rwmj 15y ago
    And it would have been integrated in browsers directly, and we could have run valgrind on it and fixed all the bugs.
burgerbrain 15y ago
On fedora: - Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ - Select Linux - Select YUM - Install the RPM it gives me - `yum install flash-player` Flawless.
- onedognight 15y ago
  yum install flash-plugin
  - burgerbrain 15y ago
    Yup, that's correct. Disregard me.
ilcavero 15y ago
use the flash-aid plugin for firefox, it works like a charm
suivix 15y ago
Not that you are one, but it's funny to watch Linux fanboys run into trouble with tasks that should be simple. It of course doesn't diminish their opinion of Linux being the greatest desktop by far.

maximilian 15y ago

I also went through this, gave up, then downloaded the tarball, and copied the plugin to its spot in /var/lib/. I did backup the old plugin though, just in case. I also tried just updating Chrome, which is supposed to have the newer flash version, but it didn't have it. Not sure why..

kevindication 15y ago
Is this the first time you've circumvented the package management system? If you have done it before, maybe that's the cause of the pain now? Just guessing, since these things usually work without any complaint for me.

przemoc 15y ago

At least in debian: sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree --install works flawlessly.

mike-cardwell 15y ago
I think his point was that he followed the instructions, and they failed. If he had been using Windows, he'd have followed the instructions and succeeded. This is the problem with Linux. FWIW, I currently run Ubuntu on my laptop, and very much like it, Windows 7 on my work desktop, and my previous laptop ran OSX.

lallysingh 15y ago

It would be funny --- if it wasn't so tragic --- how much easier to use and manage free software is. Especially considering it's almost all just './configure ; make && make install' at the base level. I friggin' love pacman.

nodata 15y ago
That's a good point. If Flash was free software, there wouldn't be a need for a download page - it would be in the repositories already.
- windsurfer 15y ago
  I worked for Adobe and there are more than 100 licensed libraries and even more patents used in Flash. There's almost no chance it'll be open source.
- rwmj 15y ago
  And it would have been integrated in browsers directly, and we could have run valgrind on it and fixed all the bugs.

burgerbrain 15y ago

On fedora: - Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ - Select Linux - Select YUM - Install the RPM it gives me - `yum install flash-player` Flawless.

onedognight 15y ago
yum install flash-plugin
- burgerbrain 15y ago
  Yup, that's correct. Disregard me.

ilcavero 15y ago

use the flash-aid plugin for firefox, it works like a charm

suivix 15y ago

Not that you are one, but it's funny to watch Linux fanboys run into trouble with tasks that should be simple. It of course doesn't diminish their opinion of Linux being the greatest desktop by far.