I can't get Flash to work. I tried it in Firefox. Notice what I highlighted in red. The md5sum is wrong. What is causing this, and how can it be fixed? Why is the md5sum always incorrect? Maybe the file is corrupted, but why is it corrupted every time I redownload it?
Code:
kris@ubuntu:/boot/grub$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/18.1kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 101793 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12 (using .../flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement flashplugin-nonfree ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12) ...
Downloading...
--20:50:23-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
=> `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 72.247.202.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|72.247.202.70|:80... connected.
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20:50:26 (1.10 MB/s) - `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz' saved [3036127/3036127]
Download done.
md5sum mismatch install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.
kris@ubuntu:/boot/grub$
kris@ubuntu:/boot/grub$ nspluginwrapper -a -v
kris@ubuntu:/boot/grub$ nspluginwrapper -l
kris@ubuntu:/boot/grub$
I tried deleting the deb packages, so that when I reinstalled, new ones would be downloaded. That did not fix the problem.
Code:
kris@ubuntu:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo rm flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12_amd64.deb
kris@ubuntu:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo rm nspluginwrapper_0.9.91.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
kris@ubuntu:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package flashplugin-nonfree is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
nspluginwrapper
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
kris@ubuntu:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo apt-get --purge autoremove Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
nspluginwrapper
The following packages will be REMOVED:
nspluginwrapper*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 377kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 101782 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nspluginwrapper ...
kris@ubuntu:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
nspluginwrapper
Suggested packages:
konqueror-nsplugins msttcorefonts ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
flashplugin-nonfree nspluginwrapper
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 129kB of archives.
After unpacking 537kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse nspluginwrapper 0.9.91.5-1ubuntu1 [111kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12 [18.1kB]
Fetched 129kB in 1s (116kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package nspluginwrapper.
(Reading database ... 101759 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nspluginwrapper (from .../nspluginwrapper_0.9.91.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up nspluginwrapper (0.9.91.5-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12) ...
Downloading...
--20:56:58-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
=> `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 72.247.202.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|72.247.202.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
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Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 101793 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12 (using .../flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement flashplugin-nonfree ...
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Downloading...
--20:50:07-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
=> `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 72.247.202.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|72.247.202.70|:80... connected.
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20:57:01 (1.05 MB/s) - `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz' saved [3036127/3036127]
Download done.
md5sum mismatch install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.
kris@ubuntu:/var/cache/apt/archives$
I tried that several times and still got the same results.
Next I tried downloading flash from the adobe website and installing it using the script.
Code:
kris@ubuntu:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_9_linux$ ./flashplayer-installer
ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the
Adobe Flash Player installer.
kris@ubuntu:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_9_linux$ linux32 ./flashplayer-installer
Copyright(C) 2002-2006 Adobe Macromedia Software LLC. All rights reserved.
Adobe Flash Player 9 for Linux
Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed on this machine.
You are running the Adobe Flash Player installer as a non-root user.
Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed in your home directory.
Support is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/
To install Adobe Flash Player 9 now, press ENTER.
To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C.
NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running.
Press ENTER to continue...
----------- Install Action Summary -----------
Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed in the following directory:
Mozilla installation directory = /home/kris/.mozilla
Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q): y
NOTE: Please ask your administrator to remove the xpti.dat from the
components directory of the Mozilla or Netscape browser.
Installation complete.
Perform another installation? (y/n): n
Please log out of this session and log in for the changes to take effect.
The Adobe Flash Player installation is complete.
kris@ubuntu:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_9_linux$ nspluginwrapper -a -v
kris@ubuntu:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_9_linux$ nspluginwrapper -l
kris@ubuntu:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_9_linux$
Note: flash player does work in 64 bit with nspluginwrapper.
