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What version of Adobe Flash Player do I want?

The Adobe support site has a dropdown menu of the versions for Linux. They are:

YUM for Linux
.tar .gz for Linux
.rpm for Linux
deb for Ubuntu 8.04+
Apt for Ubuntu 9.04+

Which one do I download? I'm running an Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD.

To get Flash working on Ubuntu try to type this into a terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

This is the output:

Code:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update

Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5) karmic/main Translation-en_US

Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5) karmic/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg                              

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_US              

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg    

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_US

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_US    

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release                                

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release                          

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg                  

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_US

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources

Reading package lists... Done

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ^Cdo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

So? Where's the su in front of the last line you typed, and what's the control-C doing there? Did you copy and paste the two suggested commands and then try to abort with a control-C? Your output suggests that might be what happened.

By the way, you will need to create a place on you hard drive fo the LiveCD to store your changes since, obviously, you can't change the contents of the CD. (IIRC, there is a menu item for doing that.)

I did copy & paste the 2 commands suggested by TobiSGD and I didn't abort. I tried again today and got 3 extra lines at the end:

Code:

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

E: Couldn't find package flashplugin-nonfree

I don't have access to the HDD to store changes, I do have an SD card. What is IIRC?

I don't know why that doesn't work with copy and past, it should. Please try to type the lines in manually.

TobiSGD, I was editing my last post as you submitted yours. I tried typing in the commands manually as so and got:

Code:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install flash-nonfree

E: The update command takes no arguments

They're two separate commands. You need to run "sudo apt-get update", wait for it to finish and then run the second one.

I tried that Nylex and got the same:

Code:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update

Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5) karmic/main Translation-en_US

Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5) karmic/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_US

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_US

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_US

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources

Reading package lists... Done

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install flash-nonfree

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

E: Couldn't find package flash-nonfree

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

The package name is flashplugin-nonfree, not flash-nonfree. You should type the commands in as they are given to you, otherwise they won't work.

Thanks for pointing that out Tobi, but still the same results:

Code:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update

Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5) karmic/main Translation-en_US

Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5) karmic/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_US

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_US

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_US

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_US

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources

Reading package lists... Done

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

E: Couldn't find package flashplugin-nonfree

Why can't I just download one of the plugin versions in my first post?

According to your last post it appears that you have successfully installed the flash-plug-in. Have a great day.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Advice Pro (Post 4200128)

Why can't I just download one of the plugin versions in my first post?

Did you enable the non-free repositories? I don't see them listed in your "update" output.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PTrenholme (Post 4200237)

Did you enable the non-free repositories?

I don't know how to do that.