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Update Flash on Firefox – Ubuntu Edgy

I had some problems with Google Analytics and a few other websites on Ubuntu Edgy. For anyone else who has similar problems give this a try.

Grab the standard install. The default one I had set up seemed to be missing some fonts required as dependencies. This sorted it.

$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Grab the flash update from here and do the following with it:

$ sudo tar -xvf FP9_plugin_beta_112006.tar.gz
$ sudo mv /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.7
$ sudo cp flash-player-plugin-9.0.21.78/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so

For me, running about:plugins in my browser still showed the old plugin. When visiting a flash enabled website however, right clicking shows that flash player 9 is in fact installed.

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4 Responses to “Update Flash on Firefox – Ubuntu Edgy”

  1. someguy Says:
    December 14th, 2006 at 1:42 am

    why do you need to install the nonfree one first? for my fresh edgy install, all i did was grab the flash9 and install it as described in the readme file.

  2. chris Says:
    December 14th, 2006 at 12:53 pm

    Hi there, This wasn’t a fresh install. This was an upgrade from Flash Player 7 to Flash Player 9.

    For some weird reason my Flash Player 7 install was missing some fonts and didn’t display websites properly.

    Installing the nonfree one solved this problem before installing Flash 9. I don’t know why this problem occurred, but I put the post up as it seems a couple of other people have had similar issues…

    Cheers

  3. Just Uber » Blog Archive » 2007 - time to go Open Source? Says:
    January 1st, 2007 at 10:51 pm

    [...] Back to the project – I have converted the wifes laptop (a Compaq Evo N1020v) without too many hitches; 1) Downloaded the Kubuntu DVD iso 2) Put DVD into drive and made sure it booted from the DVD. 3) Answered a few questions and then let it do its thing (around 40-50 mins)… 4) Set it on the network (i.e. shoved a network cable into it) and then upgraded all the things it asked me to do.. 5) Waited a while and surfed using Konqueror, once the upgrades had completed, a quick sudo apt-get install firefox (along with flash, and a few others) and it was starting to make sense. 6) I followed Chris’s instructions as per his previous blog entry and then sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts (this took quite a while!) to sort out that annoying problem with missing flash fonts. 7) apt-get install planetpenguin-racer (well i have to dont i…!) 8) Hey presto, everything is working including the ACPI and wireless card (standard PEAK 802.11b/g). [...]

  4. Adam Says:
    January 1st, 2007 at 11:29 pm

    The fresh flash 9 didnt install the fonts either on my laptop (well the ones needed for google analytics)? Hence the msttcorefonts.