Fixed Flash not working in Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04
Submitted by dkblinux98 on June 13, 2009 – 3:05 pm5 Comments
Recently I did a full re-install of one of my Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 boxes to the new Ubuntu Junty 9.04. After installation, adobe flash was no longer working within mozilla for some sites.
After searching the internet for a solution, I was finally able to get flash working by following these instructions:
$ sudo apt-get remove –purge swfdec-mozilla mozilla-plugin-gnash flashplugin-nonfree adobe-flashplugin
$ sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
Note: you’ll need to have the Canonical “partner” repository to get access to the adobe-flashplugin package.
From Ubuntu Forums
Every time I go to a website and it uses flash it tells me to upgrade. When I try to upgrade it say I already have a later version. How can I fix this?
Cool post, just subscribed.
Seems nothing works – this is the 4th site I’ve followed the instructions on.
I too followed several different sets of instructions before I got it working. One of things I had done earlier was to remove all firefox and adobe packages from my system by searching the firefox and adobe in the synaptic package manager and removing them there.
You might try that first. I was able to get flash partially working that way. And then after I got it to that point, I followed these instructions and got flash fully working.
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