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How do I get video from youtube to play on Dapper. Error says that either Java or Flash isn’t installed but I presume that they are as I’ve run the installer from adobe which seemed to install ok, and I’ve installed Java.
I am assuming that you are using either firefox or mozilla to watch these videos. In that case, the first thing you need to do is click on Help | About Plug-Ins and make sure that the plugins for Flash are truly installed. If not, you need to place the flash plugin module into a place where mozilla or firefox can access them.
The file you are truly looking for in a manual installation is "libflashplayer.so", and you want this file to at least be located in ~/.mozilla/plugins. This is good for a single user, but if you want it to be accessible system-wide you need to place it in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.
I am assuming that you are using either firefox or mozilla to watch these videos. In that case, the first thing you need to do is click on Help | About Plug-Ins and make sure that the plugins for Flash are truly installed. If not, you need to place the flash plugin module into a place where mozilla or firefox can access them.
The file you are truly looking for in a manual installation is "libflashplayer.so", and you want this file to at least be located in ~/.mozilla/plugins. This is good for a single user, but if you want it to be accessible system-wide you need to place it in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.
If that doesn't work, just download it from the link below and follow the instructions. Works like a charm.
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If getting it direct from Adobe puts you to the source file (*.tar.gz), then just go to any other website that uses Flash,besides Youtube, and Mozilla Firefox will automatically download and install Flash 7.
If getting it direct from Adobe puts you to the source file (*.tar.gz), then just go to any other website that uses Flash,besides Youtube, and Mozilla Firefox will automatically download and install Flash 7.
I tried getting flash to install automatically on several occasions, and kept getting an error. I don't recall what it was exactly, as it was a while ago. That was why I ended up downloading the source file and following the instructions on Adobe's site. Maybe the original poster will have better luck.
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