How to install flash player

shariefbe · 04-06-2009, 07:48 PM

Hi,
I am using UBUNTU 8.04...I downloaded the flash player from internet...but i am trying to install...but i cant...Can anyone help me?

hoodooman · 04-06-2009, 08:00 PM

Hi.Im not an Ubuntu user but I am pretty sure that you should use Ubuntu's package manager to install your software.You dont find it on the internet and then install it like with Windows.Im pretty sure that flashplayer will be in the Ubuntu repositories so thats where you get it.I hope this helps you.

alan_ri · 04-07-2009, 02:24 AM

If you've downloaded .deb package for Ubuntu on your desktop,maybe you can just double click on it and gdebi will install it for you,if it's installed and I think it is,if it's not you can install gdebi with Synaptic,or you can do it the other way;open terminal,go to Desktop folder with command:

Code:

cd /home/you/Desktop

Change "you" with your name or whatever it should be there then run:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i flash-player package.deb

Change the name of the package to original name.Enter your password and hit <Enter>.That should do.

As already suggested,there's flash-player somewhere in the repositories,maybe you need to enable some of them in Synaptic package manager and search for flash-player then.

arizonagroovejet · 04-07-2009, 02:14 PM

hoodooman is correct. Load up Synaptic, find the package flashplayer-nonfree and install that.

shariefbe · 04-08-2009, 11:02 AM

I am getting this error message

Code:

sharief@sharief-desktop:~/Desktop/softwares$ sudo dpkg -i flash-player install_flash_player_10_linux.deb 
[sudo] password for sharief: 
dpkg: error processing flash-player (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
(Reading database ... 99067 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace adobe-flashplugin 10.0.22.87-1 (using install_flash_player_10_linux.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement adobe-flashplugin ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adobe-flashplugin:
 adobe-flashplugin depends on libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.5); however:
  Version of libpango1.0-0 on system is 1.20.1-1.
dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flash-player
 adobe-flashplugin
sharief@sharief-desktop:~/Desktop/softwares$

I dont know what to do..kindly help me

alan_ri · 04-09-2009, 05:57 AM

This is wrong:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i flash-player install_flash_player_10_linux.deb

It should be:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i install_flash_player_10_linux.deb

Also please post the output of:

Code:

locate adobe

...before you run second command in this post.
It looks like you have something already installed,you could remove that,but it looks also like you should be able to use flash already.Have you tried to play something in flash?
Have you updated your system? If you didn't,in Synaptic mark all upgrades and update your system.