Skip navigation
osubsu
osubsu
Currently Being Moderated

Problems installing with Ubuntu 12.04

Aug 28, 2012 12:53 PM

Tags: #flash #ubuntu

When I try to install Flash Player for Ubuntu it launches the Ubuntu Software Center which apparently is supposed to contain the app to install Flash. In my case though the Software Center loads and says it can't find the package. When I do a search in the Software Center I cannot find Adobe Flash Player.

 

Tons of other software is available in the Software Center and I'm live on the Internet.

 

I have both Firefox and Chromium installed for browsers and have tried from both.

 

How do I get this installed?

3813 Views   13 Replies   Latest reply: osubsu, Sep 4, 2012 11:44 AM
 
Replies
  • VikramGaur
    Currently Being Moderated
    1. VikramGaur,
    Aug 29, 2012 11:29 AM   in reply to osubsu
    Report

    Hello,

     

    Welcome to Adobe Forums.

     

    You can follow these steps :

     

    1) Login with "root" user on your Ubuntu 12.04

     

    2) Launch "Terminal" (Keyboard Shortcut : Ctrl +Alt +T)

     

    3) Type this command and hit Enter : sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

     

    4) Launch Firefox and check do you have Flash Player (http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/)

     

    Thanks,

    Vikram


     
    |
    Mark as:
  • osubsu
    Currently Being Moderated
    2. osubsu,
    Aug 29, 2012 11:39 AM   in reply to VikramGaur
    Report

    When I try this I get an error:

     

    Package flashplugin-install is not available, but is referred to by another package.

    This may mean the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source.

     

    E: Package 'flashplugin-installer' has no installation candidate

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • VikramGaur
    Currently Being Moderated
    3. VikramGaur,
    Aug 29, 2012 11:55 AM   in reply to osubsu
    Report

    Hello,

     

    Try these 2 command as well on Terminal:

     

    1st : sudo apt-get update

     

    2nd : sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

     

    Thanks,

    Vikram

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • osubsu
    Currently Being Moderated
    4. osubsu,
    Aug 29, 2012 12:02 PM   in reply to VikramGaur
    Report

    The update went fine. When I tried the flash install it gave me the same error as before.

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • VikramGaur
    Currently Being Moderated
    5. VikramGaur,
    Aug 29, 2012 1:21 PM   in reply to osubsu
    Report

    Hello,

     

    Does this command works ?

     

    sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

     

    Thanks,

    Vikram

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • osubsu
    Currently Being Moderated
    6. osubsu,
    Aug 29, 2012 3:21 PM   in reply to VikramGaur
    Report

    Unfortunately I got the error:

     

    E: Unable to locate package flashplugin-nonfree

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • VikramGaur
    Currently Being Moderated
    7. VikramGaur,
    Aug 29, 2012 3:51 PM   in reply to osubsu
    Report

    Hello,

     

    There is a procedure of Manual Installation of Adobe Flash Player on Ubuntu, follow these steps :

     

    1. Open http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/
    2. Choose Linux 32-bit on Step 1
    3. Choose Flash Player 11.2 (tar.gz) on Step 2, download the file
    4. Once download is complete, right click on the flie (tar.gz) and click on "Extract here"
    5. Launch Terminal (Keyboard Shortcut : Ctrl+Alt+T)
    6. Go to that location where you extracted the file
    7. Run this command : sudo mv libflashplayer.so \/usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins
    8. Launch Mozilla Firefox and check do you have Adobe Flash Player

     

    I tested this and it worked

     

    Thanks,

    Vikram

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • osubsu
    Currently Being Moderated
    8. osubsu,
    Aug 30, 2012 9:00 AM   in reply to VikramGaur
    Report

    I actually tried this before. The file gets moved and is in the Firefox plugins directory but Firefox still does not recognize Adobe Flash as being installed.

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • VikramGaur
    Currently Being Moderated
    9. VikramGaur,
    Aug 30, 2012 9:20 AM   in reply to osubsu
    Report

    Hello,

     

    Just want to confirm, Shockwave Plugin is "enabled".

     

    What message do you see in Firefox on this page : http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about

     

    Thanks,

    Vikram

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • osubsu
    Currently Being Moderated
    10. osubsu,
    Aug 30, 2012 10:06 AM   in reply to VikramGaur
    Report

    I get a page with a table showing the Flash Player versions available for various platforms. No Flash content is being displayed. There is a link to the Player Download Center. There is a message at the top saying there are missing plugins required. I clicked on that and it came back and said Shockwave was needed. I clicked on having it look for the plugin and it said it could not find it but I could click to do a manual install. I clicked and that has taken me to the Adobe Flash Player download page.

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • Sunil_Bhaskaran
    Currently Being Moderated
    11. Sunil_Bhaskaran,
    Aug 31, 2012 3:52 AM   in reply to osubsu
    Report

    Please type the following in Firefox: about:plugins

    Do you see Flash Player there but disabled?

     

    If not, could you please copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/firefox/plugins directory?

     

    Thanks,

    Sunil

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • osubsu
    Currently Being Moderated
    12. osubsu,
    Aug 31, 2012 9:47 AM   in reply to Sunil_Bhaskaran
    Report

    The about:plugins command does not list the Flash Player. I have verified that libflashplayer.so is in the /usr/lib/firefox/plugins directory as well as the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory. All the plugins listed by about:plugins reside in the mozilla/plugins directory. The flash player one is the only one in the firefox/plugins directory. In the mozilla/plugins directory the Flash .so file has the same permissions as the other working plugins.

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • osubsu
    Currently Being Moderated
    13. osubsu,
    Sep 4, 2012 11:44 AM   in reply to Sunil_Bhaskaran
    Report

    No other ideas on this?

     
    |
    Mark as:
Actions

More Like This

  • Retrieving data ...

Bookmarked By (0)

Answers + Points = Status

  • 10 points awarded for Correct Answers
  • 5 points awarded for Helpful Answers
  • 10,000+ points
  • 1,001-10,000 points
  • 501-1,000 points
  • 5-500 points