Install Latest Flash 10 in Ubuntu Linux 64 bit Edition
This tutorial shows how you can install the Adobe Flash plugin 10 on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop. Although this sounds quite trivial, there are a few problems along the way, especially if Flash 9 is already installed.
Check the current version
Fire a Firefox and type
1 | about:plugins |
in the address bar to verify the flash version, if it is not 10, then you will need to following the rest of steps
Run the following code in CLI
Copy the following script and save it to something like
1 | flash10_en.sh |
on you desktop
1 | #!/bin/bash |
1 | # Script created by |
1 | # Romeo-Adrian Cioaba romeo.cioaba@spotonearth.com |
1 | # Super minor updates by jason.melton[at]gmail[dot]com |
1 | # Updates by Alejandro Cuervo 3[at]cuervo[dot]net |
1 | # more very minor updates by damien[at]groovey[dot]com |
1 | # Released under GPL |
1 | echo "Closing Firefox" |
1 | sudo killall -9 firefox |
1 | echo "Downloading and instaling Getlibs for required libraries" |
1 | wget http://www.boundlesssupremacy.com/Cappy/getlibs/getlibs-all.deb |
1 | sudo dpkg -i getlibs-all.deb |
1 | echo "Removing previous installs of flash:" |
1 | sudo apt-get remove -y --purge flashplugin-nonfree gnash gnash-common mozilla-plugin-gnash swfdec-mozilla libflashsupport nspluginwrapper |
1 | sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/*flash* |
1 | sudo rm -f ~/.mozilla/plugins/*flash* |
1 | sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/*flash* |
1 | sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/*flash* |
1 | sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper |
1 | echo "Installing ia32-libs and nspluginwrapper" |
1 | sudo apt-get install ia32-libs nspluginwrapper |
1 | echo "Getting libs" |
1 | sudo getlibs -p libcurl3 |
1 | sudo getlibs -p libnss3-1d |
1 | sudo getlibs -p libnspr4-0d |
1 | echo "Installing Flash Player 10" |
1 | cd ~ |
1 | wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz |
1 | tar zxvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz |
1 | sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ |
1 | sudo nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so |
1 | echo "Linking the libraries so that firefox can see them." |
1 | sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ |
1 | sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/ |
1 | echo "Done :-)" |
1 | echo "You may re-start Firefox now" |
Open terminal and type the following command to install Flash 10 under 64 bit edition (please exit any browsers you may have running):
1 | $ wget http://queleimporta.com/downloads/flash10_en.sh |
1 | $ sudo bash ./flash10_en.sh |
Is it working
The best place is Adobe website where you can also find out more about Flash 10, alternatively you can visit Youtube to see flash videos.
