64bit Adobe Flash Alpha and Java Beta
Adobe has released a 64bit Adobe Flash 10 plugin. The 64bit Sun java plugin is in beta testing. At this time its possible to run a 64bit browser and plugins for most users.
We need to keep some things in mind before even starting this..
1. Its an Alpha and Beta – as such expect there to be problems and bugs. Expect to have to file bug reports and wait for some time until the code is fixed.
2. Your own tolerance for solving bugs and having things not work . There will be little help and you will be blazing a trail into new things. If you cant stand for something not to work right, and your plugins work now,….. you may want to leave this alone. There will probably be no work arounds.
Here is a link to the release notes which has a download link. Here are the install instructions for Flash.
Here are the install scripts
64bit Flash Alpha*
64bit Sun Java beta.*
1. Download either script.
2. Right click on the tar.gz and select “Extract Here”
3. Close all browsers.
4. Inside the folder that extracts is a “Get64bitFlash” or “Get64bitJave” file, double click on it.
5. Select “Run in Terminal”
6. When the terminal closes, restart your browser.
7. Your done.
Hardy Heron
Flash 10 script
There is now a script to install Flash 10 to Hardy Heron. This script works on Hardy only to my knowledge. Download file
Instructions
1. Download the script.
2. Right click on the tar.gz and select “Extract Here”
3. Close all browsers.
4. Inside the folder that extracts is a “GetFlash10″ file, double click on it.
5. Select “Run in Terminal”
6. When the terminal closes, restart your browser.
7. Your done.
8. If you select anything but Hardy Heron the script will not install anything.
If flash still does not work
DO Not install other scripts below. 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.
Read the How to get help section below before making any posts.
Flash 9 manual
If you upgraded from Gutsy you may need to clean out the previous install. Please do the following one at a time.
sudo apt-get -y purge nspluginwrapper
sudo apt-get -y purge mozilla-plugin-gnash
sudo apt-get -y purge swfdec-mozilla
sudo apt-get -y purge flashplugin-nonfree
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
If you did a clean install the above step is not needed, but cant hurt. If any of the commands say the package/file cant be found dont worry. We want to make sure they are gone, they may not be on your system.
To install flash to Hardy
1. Open a terminal
2. Type
sudo apt-get install nspluginwrapper flashplugin-nonfree lib32nss-mdns
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3/plugins/Flash should work on Hardy without any scripts or work arounds other than the commands above.
If flash still does not work
DO Not install the scripts below. Run all the commands above again. The script will only make things worse.
DO Not try other methods, these may leave files in place that will cause problems.
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