Adobe has released Flash 10. The plugin is of better quality than Flash 9. I will add this manual install section for those that would like to do it themselves. I would only use the instructions on Hardy, though Gutsy might work.
Download Getlibs
Get Flash 10 from http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
Save the files to your desktop, if you save files to a different location, drag them to your desktop.
First
1. Open a terminal and execute the following commands for removal of old plugins. Some may error out saying they cant find a file, that’s ok. We just want to make sure they are removed if they exist.
Code:
sudo apt-get -y purge nspluginwrapper
sudo apt-get -y purge mozilla-plugin-gnash
sudo apt-get -y purge swfdec-mozilla
sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
Next we install new stuff.
Code:
cd ~/Desktop
sudo apt-get -y install nspluginwrapper
sudo dpkg -i getlibs-all.deb
sudo getlibs -p libcurl3
sudo getlibs -p libnss3-1d
sudo getlibs -p libnspr4-0d
We install the flash plugin
Code:
tar -xzvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz install_flash_player_10_linux
sudo mv -f ~/Desktop/install_flash_player_10_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
We wrap it and link it.
Code:
sudo nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
Then restart your browser.
If flash does not work
DO Not install other scripts. Run all the commands above again. Other scripts will only make things worse.
DO Not try other methods, these may leave files in place that will cause problems.
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November 4, 2010 at 11:15 pm
tar -xzvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz install_flash_player_10_linux
sudo mv -f ~/Desktop/install_flash_player_10_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/