Adobe flash player

betula · 04-02-2012, 05:42 AM

Hi,

I'm using the Chrome browser in Mepis 11. I've been informed that I need to update Flash Player. When I tried, I was given a choice by Adobe of Yum, tar-gz and rpm.

Mepis is based on Debian. Which of the three do I choose and how do I activate it when downloaded?

snowday · 04-02-2012, 10:51 AM

Better to install Flash with your package manager, then you will get updates as part of your regular system maintenance.

http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer

(note however that Mepis is not 'pure' Debian and so you should double-check the Mepis documentation and forums.)

craigevil · 04-02-2012, 11:21 AM

Chrome comes with Flash built-in, try updating Chrome. And with Adobe dropping support for everything but the API Chrome uses no need to actually have flash installed.

betula · 04-03-2012, 04:25 PM

Well, I couldn't find flash in my package list and when I tried to update Chrome I didn't have much luck.

So, I then tried using Konquerer as a browser and things are running well with that. Up to now I've not had a failure with the video on Youtube, which is where I was having trouble, so I'm going to stick with Konquerer.

Thanks for your replies. If I have more trouble I'll come back.