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Flash Player 8.5 Linux (Ubuntu Dapper Drake)

Submitted by mariuz (Contact Author) (Forums) on Thu, 2006-05-04 17:30. :: Ubuntu

It was tested on Dapper Drake beta 2 (on x86 - 32 bit machine)

1.install wine

sudo apt-get install wine


2. install msttcorefonts (optional)

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts



3. Download firefox version for windows (yes you heard it well - Thank you macromedia)

wget
http://ftp-mozilla.netscape.com/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.3/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%201.5.0.3.exe


run the setup

wine Firefox\ Setup\ 1.5.0.3.exe



4.Download the macromedia flash 8.5 setup

wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/fp8-5_beta/install_flash_player_8-5_beta.exe



Start the setup with wine

wine install_flash_player_8-5_beta.exe



point the plugins directory to c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins

5.start firefox with

wine .wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe



write about:plugins in the Url bar


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Man thank you soooo much
Submitted by Anonymous (Contact Author) (Forums) on Sat, 2006-08-19 02:22.
Oh my gosh man you don't know how much I needed this flashplayer I installed wine earlier and now I've installed flashplayer.Now I can finally download my game from the website that needed Flashplayer so thank you and don't listen to those other people It worked with me so why complain.^^,
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One other problem...
Submitted by Anonymous (Contact Author) (Forums) on Thu, 2006-07-13 10:59.
I'm running Ubuntu 6.06 on a Pentium-M 1.7GHz laptop and running Flash through Firefox through Wine is incredibly slow! Forget the pro's and cons of relying on Windows libs via wine, it's too slow! If you really want to play flash 8/9 movies/games then get yourself a copy of Windows or just wait until Adobe get off their arses and release Flash 9 for Linux. (I read somewhere that Adobe have 15 developers assigned to Flash for Linux, so I don't think we'll be waiting too long.) I don't like to admit it, but Windows does have its uses...
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You can also install it for Linux Firefox...
Submitted by Anonymous (Contact Author) (Forums) on Fri, 2006-06-30 15:44.

you do not need to wine the windows version...

 The plugin is here also for linux...

(as far as i know only works for ubuntu based distros)

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
sudo update-flashplugin

 

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Sound doesn't work
Submitted by Anonymous (Contact Author) (Forums) on Fri, 2006-06-09 17:53.
I could do all these steps with no problem and run flash but with no sound!
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That is far too complicated!!!
Submitted by Anonymous (Contact Author) (Forums) on Sun, 2006-06-04 01:44.

The easiest way is to install wine:-

sudo apt-get install wine


then go to firefox.com download the windows version. It will install easily with wine then just go to a site that uses flash and click the install plugin button!!!!

much much easier and quicker

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Flash
Submitted by Technojeff (Contact Author) (Forums) on Fri, 2007-11-16 08:16.
I totally agree, it's the easiest way to do it. Why bother with all the trouble when we can do it easy! I think wine is great even if there is a flash plugin that runs native, it's much easier.
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Flash rpg
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It isn't too complex at all.&
Submitted by Anonymous (Contact Author) (Forums) on Sat, 2006-08-05 20:26.

It isn't too complex at all.  Just look around on the web for help files, there are plenty.  Honestly folks, if you want to be a Linux user you are going to have to put in just a little bit of effort.

 There is a fix for the sound to.  You need to put firefox onto the AOSS sound server, that way it isn't knocked off ALSA by system sounds.  Again there are forums that cover this.

 
Using wine should be a last resort.  Wine is good at what it does, but when there is a flash plugin that runs native, why bother?

 So come on folks, take a deep breath and learn to Linux properly.  It takes time, but it is worth it.

 

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the fixes...
Submitted by Anonymous (Contact Author) (Forums) on Fri, 2006-08-25 01:02.

The aoss fix and other fixes on the forums do not work for everyone so it is not just about effort... I think that is why people bother with wine.

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I confirm this work too in Debian SID
Submitted by Anonymous (Contact Author) (Forums) on Wed, 2006-05-24 06:01.
Thanks, I need it for this page...Â
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Flash 64 Bit Problems
Submitted by Anonymous (Contact Author) (Forums) on Fri, 2006-05-19 18:00.

Well, I use Ubuntu Breezy on AMD64. There is no suitable Flash for me from Macromedia. The open source ones do not work. In the short term, we need for Macromedia to put out a 64 bit Linux version. I have urged them to do this. I also asked them to make it open source. We need to all write to them about this problem. In addition, I have not heard much about OpenFlash, so I wonder how that is proceeding.

I always complain to websites with Flash, but my big gripe is with the Flash only sites. Poor choice.

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