Flash plugin version in Firefox doesn't match version I just updated
I keep getting the your flash is insecure and needs to be updated, click to activate flash error. I have downloaded the flash-plugin-11.2.202.491-release.x86_64.rpm . Apparently, I have installed it:
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# rpm -Uhv ./flash-plugin-11.2.202.491-release.x86_64.rpm However, when I run Firefox 39.0 and click Tools->Add-ons->Plugins, I see: Code:
(-) Shockwave Flash is known to be vulnerable and should be updated. Update Now Code:
# rpm -ehv flash-plugin I'd REALLY prefer to not use Google Chrome if there's any way around it. Thanks for reading this and for any help you can provide. |
Open the url about:plugins in firefox. On that page, firefox should show the complete path to the plugin library file it is using. Example: /usr/lib64/nsbrowser/plugins/libflashplayer.so.
Check if this is the file which got installed by the package. |
As far as I can tell, that "Flash is insecure" message is a standard Mozilla thing. If you use, for example, Konqueror, you likely won't get that message. I think that Mozilla is attempting to influence Adobe to clean up after itself.
Your Flash can be as updated as it can get and I think you will still get that message from a Mozilla browser. |
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If firefox reports version *481, something is definitely wrong with the local installation. |
I had previously downloaded flash-plugin-11.2.202.491-release.x86_64.rpm from adobe.com. The tar.gz version did not seem to have a version number, so I didn't use that one.
I logged on as root. I opened the /home/[username]/Downloads folder. I double clicked the flash-plugin-11.2.202.491-release.x86_64.rpm and used engrampa archive manager to open the file. I double clicked on the folders "." -> "usr" -> "lib64" -> "flash-plugin". I clicked libflashplayer.so and clicked "extract". I saved the file in the root directory. I right clicked on that extracted file and clicked "copy". Then I started Caja file manager. I double clicked "file system" -> "usr" -> "lib64" -> "flash-plugin". I right clicked in the white space and clicked "paste". It asked if I really wanted to overwrite and I said yes. Then I started Firefox, clicked Tools -> Add-ons. Shockwave Flash now reports version 11.2.202.491 as it should. Hopefully this has fixed the Adobe Flash problem. Thanks for all your help. |
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