Install Flash 10 for Ubuntu Hardy Heron
Adobe has released a beta of flash 10, and get ready to fall backwards. The Linux version has been released at the same time as the Windows version of the beta.
Before we start, let me make something perfectly clear.
1. This is a beta plugin, expect problems.
2. I will not troubleshoot issues relating to running a beta plugin. Report all bugs here.
3. The instruction are only for Hardy.
4. After reading the above, Click Here acknowledging you understand the above.
Next
1. Save the file to your desktop, if you save files to a different location, drag it to your desktop.
2. Open a terminal and execute the following commands
Removal
Code:
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 cd ~/Desktop tar -xzvf flashplayer10_install_linux_051508.tar.gz install_flash_player_10_linux sudo mv -f ~/Desktop/install_flash_player_10_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/ 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/
and my installing report :
Code:
support@support:~$ sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree
[sudo] password for support:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock – open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
support@support:~$ sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libavutil1d libflashsupport libboost-thread1.34.1 libsoup2.2-8
libboost-date-time1.34.1 libswscale1d libswfdec-0.5-4 libgsm1
libavcodec1d libmad0
Use ‘apt-get autoremove’ to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
flashplugin-nonfree*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 168kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database … 113448 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing flashplugin-nonfree …
Purging configuration files for flashplugin-nonfree …
support@support:~$ sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so
support@support:~$
support@support:~$ sudo rm -f /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
support@support:~$ cd ~/Desktop
support@support:~/Desktop$ tar -xzvf flashplayer10_install_linux_051508.tar.gz install_flash_player_10_linux
install_flash_player_10_linux/
install_flash_player_10_linux/libflashplayer.so
install_flash_player_10_linux/flashplayer-installer
support@support:~/Desktop$ sudo mv -f ~/Desktop/install_flash_player_10_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
support@support:~/Desktop$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
support@support:~/Desktop$
[sudo] password for support:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock – open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
support@support:~$ sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libavutil1d libflashsupport libboost-thread1.34.1 libsoup2.2-8
libboost-date-time1.34.1 libswscale1d libswfdec-0.5-4 libgsm1
libavcodec1d libmad0
Use ‘apt-get autoremove’ to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
flashplugin-nonfree*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 168kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database … 113448 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing flashplugin-nonfree …
Purging configuration files for flashplugin-nonfree …
support@support:~$ sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so
support@support:~$
support@support:~$ sudo rm -f /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
support@support:~$ cd ~/Desktop
support@support:~/Desktop$ tar -xzvf flashplayer10_install_linux_051508.tar.gz install_flash_player_10_linux
install_flash_player_10_linux/
install_flash_player_10_linux/libflashplayer.so
install_flash_player_10_linux/flashplayer-installer
support@support:~/Desktop$ sudo mv -f ~/Desktop/install_flash_player_10_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
support@support:~/Desktop$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
support@support:~/Desktop$
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