Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Clean install of 64-bit Flash player in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
- Dowload the archive from http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html
- Unpack it to /opt:
sudo mkdir /opt/flashplayer
cd /opt/flashplayer/
sudo tar zxf /some/path/Downloads/libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz - Use update-alternatives to make it the default flash player:
for i in firefox iceape iceweasel midbrowser mozilla xulrunner-addons xulrunner
do
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/lib/${i}/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so \
${i}-flashplugin /opt/flashplayer/libflashplayer.so 100
done - Verify that the link really points to /opt/flashplayer:
ls -l /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin
# outputs /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin -> /opt/flashplayer/libflashplayer.so - Remove the Ubufox Flash player override:
ls -l /usr/share/ubufox/plugins/
# npwrapper.libflashplayer.so ->
# /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
sudo rm /usr/share/ubufox/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
sudo ln -s /opt/flashplayer/libflashplayer.so /usr/share/ubufox/plugins/ - Verify that Firefox is using the plugin:
- restart Firefox
- open a new tab and type about:plugins
- you should see File name: libflashplayer.so under Shockwave Flash
# posted by Marutosan @ 10:39 AM 
